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General Reports
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
An examination of consensual sex in a men's jail.
Lea Iii CH, Gideonse TK, Harawa NT
.
Int J Prison Health
. 2018 Mar 12;
Abstract

Reducing the use and impact of solitary confinement in corrections.
Ahalt C, Haney C, Rios S,  et al

Int J Prison Health
. 2017 Mar 13;13(1):41-48.
Abstract

Setting a minimum age for juvenile justice jurisdiction in California.
S Barnert E, S Abrams L, Maxson C, et a'

Int J Prison Health
. 2017 Mar 13;13(1):49-56.
Abstract

Brief Report: Judicial Attitudes Regarding the Sentencing of Offenders with High Functioning Autism
Berryessa CM.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 Apr 22.
Abstract

Discrimination and Psychological Distress Among Recently Released Male Prisoners.
Turney K, Lee H, Comfort M.
Am J Mens Health
. 2013 Apr 2
Abstract

Updates Since Brown v. Plata: Alternative Solutions for Prison Overcrowding in California.
Horne C, Newman WJ.

J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
. 2015 Mar;43(1):87-92.
Abstract

A randomized clinical trial of tailored interventions for health promotion and recidivism reduction among homeless parolees: outcomes and cost analysis.
Nyamathi AM, Zhang S, Salem BE,
J Exp Criminol. 2016 Mar;12(1):49-74.
Abstract

Impact of an Intervention for Recently Released Homeless Offenders on Self-Reported Rearrest at Six and 12 Months.
Nyamathi A, Salem BE, Farabee D,  et al

J Addict Dis
. 2016 Feb 5:0.
Abstract

Brown v. Plata: Prison Overcrowding in California.
Newman WJ, Scott CL. J
Am Acad Psychiatry Law
. 2012;40(4):547-52.
Abstract

Correlates of serious violent crime for recently released parolees with a history of homelessness.
Nyamathi A, Marlow E, Zhang S,  et al
Violence Vict. 2012;27(5):793-810
Abstract

Residential therapy. Hospitals take on finding housing for homeless patients, hoping to reduce readmissions, lower costs.
Evans M.
Mod Healthc. 2012 Sep 24;42(39):6-7, 16, 1
Abstract

Penile nodules in the penal system.
Griffith J, Horowitz D.
Cutis
. 2012 May;89(5):237-9.
Abstract

Condom Distribution in Jail to Prevent HIV Infection.
Leibowitz AA, Harawa N, Sylla M,  et al
AIDS Behav
. 2012 May 4.
Abstract

The current state of quality of care measurement in the California department of corrections
 and rehabilitatio
n.

Teleki SS, Damberg CL, Shaw R, et al
J Correct Health Care
. 2011 Apr;17(2):100-21
Abstract

Law & psychiatry: lost in the crowd: prison mental health care, overcrowding, and the courts.
Appelbaum PS.
Psychiatr Serv
.
2011 Oct;62(10):1121-3
Abstract

Chronic care model implementation in the California state prison system.
Betsy Chang Ha, Robinson G.
J Correct Health Care
. 2011 Apr;17(2):173-82
Abstract

Selecting performance indicators for prison health care.
Asch SM, Damberg CL, Hiatt L,  et al
J Correct Health Care
. 2011 Apr;17(2):138-49.
Abstract

A comparison of acuity and treatment measures of inmate and noninmate hospital patients
with a diagnosis of either heart disease or chest pain.

Winter SJ.
J Natl Med Assoc. 2011 Feb;103(2):109-15.
Abstract

Walking cane use in prison: a medical and cultural analysis.
Anderson ST, Capozzoli N.
J Correct Health Care
. 2011 Jan;17(1):19-28.
Abstract

The First Condom Machine in a US Jail: The Challenge of Harm Reduction
in a Law and Order Environment.
Sylla M, Harawa N, Grinstead Reznick O.
Am J Public Health. 2010 Apr 15.
Abstract

Malingering in a correctional setting: the use of the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms
in a jail sample.

McDermott BE, Sokolov G.
Behav Sci Law. 2009 Sep 10.
Abstract

Gender-Specific Correlates of Incarceration Among Marginally Housed Individuals in
San Francisco.

Weiser SD, Neilands TB, Comfort ML, et al
 
Am J Public Health
. 2009 Jun 18.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Botulism from Drinking Pruno.
Vugia DJ, Mase SR, Cole B, et al

Emerg Infect Dis
. 2009 Jan;15(1):69-71.
Paper
 

Health and health behaviors in HIV-infected jail inmates, 1999 and 2005.
White MC, Tulsky JP, Estes M, et al

AIDS Patient Care STDS
. 2008 Mar;22(3):221-31.
Abstract
 
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Use and HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors Among Individuals
Who Are HIV Infected and Were Recently Released From Jail.

Clements-Nolle K, Marx R, Pendo M, et al

Am J Public Health. 2008 Feb 28
Abstract
 
Predicting the likelihood of future sexual recidivism: pilot study findings from a california
sex offender risk project and cross-validation of the static-99.

Sreenivasan S, Garrick T, Norris R, et al 

J Am Acad Psychiatry Law.
2007;35(4):454-68
Abstract
 
Predicting the likelihood of future sexual recidivism: pilot study findings from a California sex
offender risk project and cross-validation of the static-99.

Sreenivasan S, Garrick T, Norris R, et al  
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
. 2007;35(4):454-68|
Abstract
 
Planning services for the homeless in the san francisco peninsula.
Osterberg LG, Barr DA. 

J Health Care Poor Underserved.
2007 Nov;18(4):749-56
Abstract

Incarceration Associated With Homelessness, Mental Disorder, and Co-occurring Substance
Abuse.

McNiel DE, Binder RL, Robinson JC. 
Psychiatr Serv. 2005 Jul;56(7):840-6.
Abstract


Discharge Planning
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

Treatment or Else: Coerced Treatment for Drug-Involved California Parolees.
Zhang SX, Roberts RE, Lansing AE.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
. 2012 Mar 21
Abstract

Coming Home: Health Status and Homelessness Risk of Older Pre-release Prisoners.
Williams BA, McGuire J, Lindsay RG, et al

J Gen Intern Med
. 2010 Jun 8
Abstract

Discharge Planning and Continuity of Health Care: Findings From the San Francisco
County Jail.

Wang EA, White MC, Jamison R, et al 

Am J Public Health.
2008 Apr 1
Abstract
 

Get Connected: An HIV Prevention Case Management Program for Men and Women
Leaving California Prisons

Janet Myers J, Barry Zack N, Katie Kramer K, et al
Am J Public Health 2005;95 1682-1684
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Inmates Rank Housing First Among Multiple Needs
Positive Populations  Vol 6, No 3
Paper


Juveniles
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Incarcerated adolescents' experiences as perpetrators of sexual assault.
Morris RE, Anderson MM, Knox GW.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2002 Aug;156(8):831-5
Abstract
 
Chlamydia screening of youth and young adults in non-clinical settings throughout
California.

Bauer HM, Chartier M, Kessell E, et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2004 Jul;31(7):409-14
Abstract

Women
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Motivation for treatment among women offenders in prison-based treatment and longitudinal outcomes among those who participate in community aftercare.
Grella CE, Rodriguez L.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2011 Sep;Suppl 7:58-67.
Paper

Using Participatory Methods to Examine Policy and Women Prisoners' Health.
Hatton DC, Fisher AA.
Policy Polit Nurs Pract. 2011 Sep 27
Abstract

Attachment organization in a sample of incarcerated mothers: distribution of classifications and
associations with substance abuse history, depressive symptoms, perceptions of parenting
competency and social support.

Borelli JL, Goshin L, Joestl S, Clark J, Byrne MW.
Attach Hum Dev
. 2010 Jul;12(4):355-74
Abstract

Treatment Needs and Completion of Community-Based Aftercare Among Substance-
Abusing Women Offenders.

Grella CE, Greenwell L.
Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 1;
Abstract
 

Childhood trauma and women's health outcomes in a California prison population.
Messina N, Grella C. 

Am J Public Health.
2006 Oct;96(10):1842-8

Abstract

Preventive Care for Women in Prison: A Qualitative Community Health
Assessment of the Papanicolaou Test and Follow-Up Treatment at a

California State Women's Prison

Magee CG, Hult JR,  Turalba R,S McMillan S 
 
Am J Public Health
2005;95 1712-1717
Abstract
 


Transgendered
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Challenges and opportunities for gender-affirming healthcare for transgender women in prison.
Sevelius J, Jenness V.
 Int J Prison Health. 2017 Mar 13;13(1):32-40.
Abstract

High-Risk Behaviors
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  A Condom Distribution Program in the Los Angeles Men's Central Jail: Sheriff Deputies' Attitudes and Opinions.
McCuller WJ, Harawa NT.
J Correct Health Care. 2014 Jun 16;20(3):195-202.
Abstract

The First Condom Machine in a US Jail: The Challenge of Harm Reduction
in a Law and Order Environment.
Sylla M, Harawa N, Grinstead Reznick O.
Am J Public Health. 2010 Apr 15.
Abstract


Violence
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Review of completed suicides in the california department of corrections and rehabilitation,
1999 to 2004.

Patterson RF, Hughes K
.  
Psychiatr Serv
. 2008 Jun;59(6):676-82
Abstract 
 
Risk of harm: inmates who harm themselves while in prison psychiatric treatment.
Young MH, Justice JV, Erdberg P.

J Forensic Sci.
2006 Jan;51(1):156-62.

Abstract

Incarcerated adolescents' experiences as perpetrators of sexual assault.
Morris RE, Anderson MM, Knox GW.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2002 Aug;156(8):831-5
Abstract


Mental Health/Illness
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
A Comparison of Rape and Molest Offenders in Prison Psychiatric Treatment.
Young MH, Justice J, Erdberg P.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Crimino
l
. 2011 Sep 26
Abstract

A Comparison of Rape and Molest Offenders in Prison Psychiatric Treatment.
Young MH, Justice J, Erdberg P.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Crimino
l
. 2011 Sep 26
Abstract

Integrated Treatment for Jail Recidivists with Co-occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use
Disorders.

Chandler DW, Spicer G.
Community Ment Health J. 2006 Aug;42(4):405-25.

Abstract

Court intervention to address the mental health needs of mentally ill offenders.
Lamb HR, Weinberger LE, Reston-Parham C
.
New Dir Ment Health Serv
2001;90:77-89

Abstract
  


Diabetes
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Diabetes Care in the San Francisco County Jail.
Clark BC, Grossman E, White MC, et al  

Am J Public Health.
2006 Jul 27;

Abstract

Substance Users
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
A randomized study of the use of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for drug and alcohol use with jail inmates.
Prendergast ML, McCollister K, Warda U.

J Subst Abuse Treat
. 2017 Mar;74:54-64.
Abstract

 Prevalence and Correlates of the Use of Prefilled Syringes Among Persons Who Inject Drugs in San Diego, CA.
Armenta RF, Roth AM, Wagner KD,  et al

J Urban Health
. 2015 Sep 17
Abstract

Symptomatic Exposures Among California Inmates 2011-2013.
Butterfield M, Al-Abri S, Huntington S, et al
J Med Toxicol. 2014 Dec 20.
Abstract

Altered Mental Status Due to Pruno Intoxication.
Zanoni S, Carstairs S, Darracq MA.

J Emerg Med
. 2014 Mar 26
Abstract

Disparities in Criminal Court Referrals to Drug Treatment and Prison for Minority Men.
Nicosia N, Macdonald JM, Arkes J.
Am J Public Health
. 2013 Apr 18.
Abstract

Treatment or Else: Coerced Treatment for Drug-Involved California Parolees.
Zhang SX, Roberts RE, Lansing AE.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
. 2012 Mar 21
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Motivation for treatment among women offenders in prison-based treatment and longitudinal outcomes among those who participate in community aftercare.
Grella CE, Rodriguez L.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2011 Sep;Suppl 7:58-67.
Paper

Developing and implementing a positive behavioral reinforcement intervention in prison-based
drug treatment: Project BRITE.

Burdon WM, St De Lore J, Prendergast ML.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2011 Sep;Suppl 7:40-50.
Abstract

Treatment Needs and Completion of Community-Based Aftercare Among Substance-
Abusing Women Offenders.

Grella CE, Greenwell L.
Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 1;
Abstract
 

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Differential effectiveness of residential versus outpatient aftercare for parolees from
prison-based therapeutic community treatment programs.

Burdon WM, Dang J, Prendergast ML 

Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy
. 2007 May 15;2:16
Paper
 
Integrated Treatment for Jail Recidivists with Co-occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use
Disorders.

Chandler DW, Spicer G.
Community Ment Health J. 2006 Aug;42(4):405-25.

Abstract

Execution
 

     Internet Reports
 

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Controversy in California: Physician Participation in Executions in the United States
Human Rights Watch
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ebruary 22, 2006
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