Exploring Inmate Reentry in a Local Jail Setting

2008 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. White ◽  
Jessica Saunders ◽  
Christopher Fisher ◽  
Jeff Mellow

Although prisoner reentry has taken center stage in correctional research and policy discussions, there has been little emphasis on reentry among jail populations. This paper examines a jail-based reentry program in New York City that begins while individuals are incarcerated and includes 90 days of postrelease services. This article explores these assumptions through an evaluation of a jail-based reentry program in New York City that begins while individuals are incarcerated and includes 90 days of postrelease services. To determine program impact, the authors compare samples of participants with nonparticipants and program completers with noncompleters. The groups are matched using developmental trajectories derived from group-based trajectory modeling, in addition to propensity score matching. Findings show that participants perform no better than nonparticipants over a 1-year follow-up, but those who stay engaged for at least 90 days of postrelease services experience significantly fewer (and slower) returns to jail. The findings regarding program completion are tempered by several methodological concerns, however. The article concludes with a discussion of how the study may offer insights for program implementation and operation with this target population.

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 703-715
Author(s):  
Helen M. Wallace ◽  
Margaret A. Losty ◽  
David Sanders ◽  
Robert S. Siffert ◽  
Jerome S. Tobis ◽  
...  

This report describes the findings and interim results of a follow-up study of 770 children with cerebral palsy who were cared for under the aegis of the New York City Financial Aid Program from 1945 to July 1, 1954. The findings seem to indicate that some redirection of the program to include development, expansion and improvement of some alternate services within the community is advisable. It is likely that this same type of follow-up study would be of equal value for children of other diagnostic groups, and similar studies might be initiated.


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 756-760
Author(s):  
Morris Greenberg ◽  
Harold Jacobziner ◽  
Mary C. McLaughlin ◽  
Harold T. Fuerst ◽  
Ottavio Pellitteri

During 1956 and 1957 all children under the care of the child health stations of the Department of Health in New York City, who manifested pica, were examined for symptoms and signs of lead poisoning. A blood specimen was taken and tested for lead content; if the concentration of lead was 0.06 mg/100 ml or higher, the child was referred to a doctor for diagnosis and treatment. Among 194 children with pica, there were 28 cases and 20 probable cases of lead poisoning. The follow-up of children with pica is a good case-finding method for lead poisoning.


2004 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 304-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl M. Paradis ◽  
Faith Florer ◽  
Linda Zener Solomon ◽  
Theresa Thompson

The present study assessed consistency of recollections of personal circumstances of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack and events of the day before (9/10), and the day after (9/12), in a sample of 100 New York City college students. The day before 9/11 represented an ordinary event. A questionnaire was administered twice, 1 wk. and 1 yr. after the 9/11 attack. Students were asked to describe their personal circumstances when hearing about the news of the World Trade Center attack and for the same time of day for 9/10 and 9/12. 18 students returned the follow-up questionnaire. Consistency of initial and follow-up responses for the central categories for both 9/11 and 9/12 of where, who, and activity was very high (9/11: “Where”-100%, “Who”-100%, “What”-94%; 9/12: “Where”-100%, “Who”-100%, “What”-80%). Recollections of 9/10 were significantly less consistent (“Where”-79%, “Who”-71%, “What”-71%). Analysis indicated that students formed vivid, consistent recollections during the events of both 9/11 and 9/12. It is likely that the events of 9/12 also became flashbulb memories, vivid recollections of traumatic events, because the emotional impact of the stressful events, i.e., police and military presence, disrupted schedules, relating to the 9/11 attack endured beyond the day of the attack.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Nash ◽  
McKaylee M. Robertson ◽  
Kate Penrose ◽  
Stephanie Chamberlin ◽  
Rebekkah S. Robbins ◽  
...  

AbstractThe New York City HIV Care Coordination Program (CCP) combines multiple evidence-based strategies to support persons living with HIV (PLWH) at risk for, or with a recent history of, poor HIV outcomes. We assessed the comparative effectiveness of the CCP by merging programmatic data on CCP clients with population-based surveillance data on all New York City PLWH. A non-CCP comparison group of similar PLWH who met CCP eligibility criteria was identified using surveillance data. The CCP and non-CCP groups were matched on propensity for CCP enrollment within four baseline treatment status groups (newly diagnosed or previously diagnosed and either consistently unsuppressed, inconsistently suppressed or consistently suppressed). We compared CCP to non-CCP proportions with viral load suppression at 12-month follow-up. Among the 13,624 persons included, 15·3% were newly diagnosed; among the 84·7% previously diagnosed, 14·2% were consistently suppressed, 28·9% were inconsistently suppressed, and 41 ·6% were consistently unsuppressed in the year prior to baseline. At 12-month follow-up, 59·9% of CCP and 53·9% of non-CCP participants had viral load suppression (Relative Risk=1.11, 95%CI:1.08-1.14). Among those newly diagnosed and those consistently unsuppressed at baseline, the relative risk of viral load suppression in the CCP versus non-CCP participants was 1.15 (95%CI:1.09-1.23) and 1.32 (95%CI:1.23-1.42), respectively. CCP exposure shows benefits over no CCP exposure for persons newly diagnosed or consistently unsuppressed, but not for persons suppressed in the year prior to baseline. We recommend more targeted case finding for CCP enrollment and increased attention to viral load suppression maintenance.


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 910-910
Author(s):  
Deborah D. Henry

I am the parent of an 11½-year-old daughter with sickle cell disease. I am aware of the need for a comprehensive newborn screening program for sickle cell disease and other hemoglobinopathies. However, all such programs must be instituted with a follow-up component, and parents should be made aware that such screenings are being done. My daughter was born during the summer of 1975 in New York City. New York City began screening for sickle cell and similar hemoglobinopathies in May 1975, but had no comprehensive follow-up program until 1978. My daughter was not screened nor was I aware of the screening program. I learned of my daughter's condition during a routine well-child clinic visit when she was 6 months of age. I am afraid to think of her outcome had I not been taking her for preventive health care, because before the age of 1 year she experienced one of the most life-threatening crises of a child with sickle cell disease—splenic sequestration. I am pleased to announce that in New York City today, parents are notified in a timely manner of their infant's newborn screening results with information regarding follow-up and counseling services. Two of my immediate family members gave birth to infants with sickle cell trait. They were informed of their infants' results within 2 weeks after their babies' births, and were given concrete information and recommendations for follow-up genetic services. I know a comprehensive newborn screening program will prevent mortality in infants found to have sickle cell disease and related hemoglobinopathies.


2014 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. S603
Author(s):  
Elena Ivanina ◽  
Victoria Obe ◽  
Tuhina Mitra ◽  
Mari Carlesimo ◽  
David Greenwald ◽  
...  

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