Now here is a remarkably depressing study. According to a study published in the Annals of Epidemiology, black men are half as likely to die when they’re in prison than if they are free in society. According to the study of North Carolina inmates, they lived longer if they were incarcerated.
Part of the reason was the reduction in alcohol- and drug-related deaths as well as lethal accidents and certain chronic diseases. By the way, white men were only slightly more likely to live longer when not incarcerated.
One obvious reason is the availability of free health care.
What I find fascinating about this study is the countervailing issue of rapid aging in prison. It is well known that prisoners tend to be physiologically older than their chronological age. Thus, the true number of physiologically geriatric prisoners is higher than records will often indicate. As we work with prisons through the Project for Older Prisoners (POPS), we often find that the per capita expense of prisoners is higher than projected due to this fact. This does not necessarily contradict the North Carolina study, however. Much of that advanced aging is due to prior alcohol and drug abuse. Yet, the stress of prison also is known to accelerate the aging progress. That seems true in this study for whites, but was less apparent for the black population. It is an interesting study for that reason.
The study is entitled “All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Black and White North Carolina State Prisoners, 1995–2005” 08 July 2011 by David L. Rosen, David A. Wohl, Victor J. Schoenbach (Annals of Epidemiology)
Source: Reuters
Jonathan Turley
Hey, what about female inmates?
Cutting edge, indeed. 🙂 (Having said this, the dancing vid came a little too early in the day for my taste. They’re quite the couple.)
“you”
Jude:
I told we’re cutting edge here!
TIS MAGGIESPEAK!
For you, mespo:
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:Following_new_study_results,_Bachmann_proposes_incarcerating_all_African_Americans
Maggie – please diagram that sentence for me, it appears to be a babel fish translation from some other language.
NOT ONE BLACK MAN I KNOW HE WONT!
Touche’
“Son of Puppet Masters?” I thought it was called “Son of Flubber.”
Frank,
I was/am reading “The Son of the Puppet Masters” book…also known as W’s autobiography….surprisingly there are actual words on the pages that are written coherently….so we can be safe and assured W did not author this….But the point is….he actually blamed a conservative network for some of his actions….that proved to be based on incorrect information…..Oh well, what happened to the days when presidents relied upon the staff for advice..aka “Intelligence, counter intelligence, counter-counter-intelligence…” yadda…yadda…..
AY:
Iconic touche’. ROFLMAO.
But what she [they] really think:
Black man has all the advantages – us poor white guys can’t catch a break! 😉
At least that is how FAUX News will spin it.
AY:
Here’s your morning wake up call:
“Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling
And the poor saps are on the line”
You are on a roll…..
AY:
The song sounds like ‘Promised Land” by Elvis. Maybe in response to the study:
mespo,
Bad, bad, bad…..But you might have something there…can we start with one on the Sct?
I can’ t wait for the upcoming position paper from the Bachmann camp arguing, ipso facto, we should incarcerate all black men for their own health.
Ah….but they still cannot vote….So if we want to disenfranchise potential voter…get em a felony quickly….