Hand of detained immigrant grasping at the prison cell door

Caitlin Patler and Coauthors for Springer Nature

GMC affiliate Caitlin Patler and coauthors' research "Cumulative Risk of Immigration Prison Conditions on Health Outcomes Among Detained Immigrants in California" was published in Springer Nature earlier this week. Using data for detained Californian immigrants who have been subjected to various levels of confinement, Patler and co. find that each additional confinement condition increases the probability of diminished general health by 39%. 

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