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Juarlyn L. Gaiter, PhD, Roberto H. Potter, PhD and Ann O’Leary, PhD

The authors are with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Juarlyn L. Gaiter, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Mail Stop E-37, 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333 (e-mail: jlg3@cdc.gov).

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The theme of the October 2005 issue of the Journal was the public health consequences of imprisonment. This issue illuminated the wide-ranging health care needs of the more than 2.2 million men—most of whom are African American—who are incarcerated in the United States. Persistent health disparities characterize impoverished communities with large numbers of men who are locked away with limited access to quality health care and treatment,¹ and these disparities are fueled by cycles of recidivism. Each year more than a half million offenders move back and forth between their communities and prison.²

The 1990s prison boom was associated with . . . [Full Text]