Jason Schnittker is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is interested in the social, biological, cultural, and institutional determinants of health, and is the author of Unnerved: Anxiety, Social Change, and the Transformation of Modern Mental Health and The Diagnostic System: Why the Classification of Psychiatric Disorders Is Necessary, Difficult, and Never Settled. Michael Massoglia is Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His work focuses on the social consequences of the expansion of the penal system, the relationship between the use of legal controls and demographic change in the United States, and patterns and consequences of criminal behavior over the life course.Christopher Uggen is Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight Professor of Sociology and Law at the University of Minnesota and a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology. He studies crime, law, and justice, firm in the belief that soundresearch can help build a more just and peaceful world. He is co-author of Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy.

Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration is a strong and important book by an extremely sharp and well-established group of authors. The book is incredibly timely in light of how the COVID-19 pandemic has ripped through prisons and jails. This will be the 'go-to' piece for individuals interested in incarceration and health.

• Chapter 1: The Institutional Setting of Prisons and HealthChapter 2: The Uncertain Legal Mandate of Prison Health CareChapter 3: The Effects of Incarceration on the Health of People in PrisonChapter 4: The Effects of Incarceration on Health after Release Chapter 5: The Effects of Incarceration on CommunitiesChapter 6: The Effects of Incarceration on Healthcare SystemsChapter 7: The Policy Challenges of Incarceration and HealthChapter 8: The Collision of Prisons and Health

Jason Schnittker is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is interested in the social, biological, cultural, and institutional determinants of health, and is the author of Unnerved: Anxiety, Social Change, and the Transformation of Modern Mental Health and The Diagnostic System: Why the Classification of Psychiatric Disorders Is Necessary, Difficult, and Never Settled. Michael Massoglia is Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His work focuses on the social consequences of the expansion of the penal system, the relationship between the use of legal controls and demographic change in the United States, and patterns and consequences of criminal behavior over the life course.Christopher Uggen is Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight Professor of Sociology and Law at the University of Minnesota and a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology. He studies crime, law, and justice, firm in the belief that soundresearch can help build a more just and peaceful world. He is co-author of Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy.

Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration is a strong and important book by an extremely sharp and well-established group of authors. The book is incredibly timely in light of how the COVID-19 pandemic has ripped through prisons and jails. This will be the 'go-to' piece for individuals interested in incarceration and health.

• Chapter 1: The Institutional Setting of Prisons and HealthChapter 2: The Uncertain Legal Mandate of Prison Health CareChapter 3: The Effects of Incarceration on the Health of People in PrisonChapter 4: The Effects of Incarceration on Health after Release Chapter 5: The Effects of Incarceration on CommunitiesChapter 6: The Effects of Incarceration on Healthcare SystemsChapter 7: The Policy Challenges of Incarceration and HealthChapter 8: The Collision of Prisons and Health