Building the data infrastructure to differentiate prison and jail incarceration in the NLSY79 in order to estimate long-term effects of both on morbidity and mortality
Our project directly contributes to DUPRI research on the social foundations of health, health inequalities, and health and family trajectories across the life course by making it possible to disaggregate the long-term health consequences of jail and prison incarceration for the first time at a national level. The project will allow Duke researchers to obtain access to novel data that are likely to have a significant impact on the study of the health consequences of mass incarceration.