The incarcerated population overrepresents socially marginalized and disadvantaged individuals with a high disease burden. Health and mental health are prominent issues in debates about incarceration, both because, in many cases, health issues contribute to incarcerated individuals' involvement with the criminal justice system and because the vast majority of prisoners eventually return to the community, bringing their health conditions. In addition to the causes of incarceration described elsewhere, the inadequate community treatment of drug addiction and, to a lesser extent, mental illness can be viewed as underlying contributors to behaviors leading to incarceration (and reincarceration) in many cases.
1- Do you feel like free healthcare for previously incarcerated persons is an adequate solution to reduce recidivism in this population? Why or why not?