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Nicholas Freudenberg, DrPH

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Nicholas Freudenberg, DrPH, Program in Urban Public Health, Hunter College, City University of New York, Box 609, 425 E 25th St, New York, NY 10010 (e-mail: nfreuden@hunter.cuny.edu).

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Both Jarrett and Adeyemi and Leopper describe local partnerships that bring together key players that can help people make a more successful transition from jail or prison back into their communities. The efforts they describe in North Carolina and Baltimore, Md, as well as our work in New York City and that of many others, show that it is possible to reduce some of the barriers faced by people returning to the community from correctional facilities. However, while such interventions are necessary, they are not sufficient to reduce the unhealthy living conditions and discrimination that people leaving New York City . . . [Full Text]