Reframing incarceration as a public health crisis

For too long, public policy has treated mental illness and incarceration as parallel crises. This study makes clear they are, in fact, the same crisis viewed from different angles. Efforts to reduce incarceration, improve public safety, and advance health equity will remain incomplete unless they address the clinical and social realities that drive individuals into the justice system, writes guest columnist Dr.

Nikita Das, a recent graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine now embarking on a neurosurgery residency at UCLA in California.