Incarceration of Youths in an Adult Correctional Facility and Risk of Premature Death.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Youths incarcerated in adult correctional facilities are exposed to a variety of adverse circumstances that could diminish psychological and physical health, potentially leading to early mortality.

Objective

To evaluate whether being incarcerated in an adult correctional facility as a youth was associated with mortality between 18 and 39 years of age.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study relied on longitudinal data collected from 1997 to 2019 as part of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1997, a nationally representative sample of 8984 individuals born in the United States between January 1, 1980, and December 1, 1984. The data analyzed for the current study were derived from annual interviews between 1997 and 2011 and interviews every

SUBMITTER: Silver IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10323704 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature