When states are ranked by prison population growth rates, Georgia is in the top 10. Fifty percent of today's inmates will be released into communities; eventually one third of them will incarcerated again. Could better health care and job training cut recidivism rates? If prisons offer
job training, should inmates be billed for this? Should condoms be distributed behind bars to combat soaring rates of HIV infection? Tough and controversial questions like these are on the
front burner for elected officials and public health experts and your readers need to know more.
The keynote address for the “Inside Out” will be delivered by David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon
General and CDC Director who is presently interim president of Morehouse Medical School. The day-long program will feature nationally known prison health researchers, independent labor
experts and reporters who have written outstanding coverage of these issues. |
