The Mental Health of Incarcerated Immigrants, Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016.

ABSTRACT: Immigrants tend to exhibit better mental health compared to their U.S.-born counterparts, but this immigrant health advantage is not uniform across immigrant populations. The objective of this study is to examine if the immigrant health advantage extends to incarcerated individuals and if there are differences by race and/or ethnicity. We used data from the 2016 Survey of Prison Inmates (n=20,226) and multivariable linear and logistic regression models to examine the relationship between immigration status, race and/or ethnicity, and mental health (psychological distress, depression, anxiety) among imprisoned individuals. The analytic sample included Black (n=7,104), Latino (n=5,029), and White (n=8,093) respondents, ten percent of whom were foreign-born. The average Kessler 6-item psychol

SUBMITTER: Zajdel RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12420754 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature