The Occupational Health of Prison Inmates

Montoya-Barthelemy, Andre

doi:10.1097/jom.0000000000001514

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“…42 Incarcerated people are appropriately classified as a protected population with regard to research, a fact that may discourage research in correctional settings in general and has likely contributed to an almost complete lack of literature related to incarcerated working conditions. 34 This review has reinforced their status as an underserved occupational population, and the need for additional investigation regarding their working conditions and outcomes.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Incarcerated workers have fewer workplace protections and may be exposed to hazards that will result in prolonged litigation, disability, and greater difficulty integrating into society upon release. 34 The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) has a mission to ''[provide] leadership to promote optimal health and safety of workers, workplaces, and environments,'' 35 prompting the recruitment of a group of highly experienced professionals from the fields of occupational medicine, correctional health and mental health, environmental health, and workplace safety. We feel strongly that service to the working population demands special attention to those settings and professions that may have been traditionally under-represented in occupational safety and health efforts.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…42 They work in maintenance, manufacturing, construction, administration, and firefighting, and suffer all the hazards inherent to those professions but with few of the legal protections. 34 Incarcerated workers have suffered heavy metal exposure in electronics recycling facilities, styrene exposure in fiberglass manufacturing, Escherichia coli infection from work on a dairy farm, or the heat, ergonomic, and physical hazards within incarcerated wildland firefighting crews, to name a few. 21,[43][44][45] They are a large workforce, their work is essential to the functioning of the correctional system, and they are equally deserving of a safe workplace.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For these workers themselves, the ultimate downstream effects include poor workplace safety and health, job satisfaction, increased stress, burnout, and worsened occupational outcomes (high turnover, disability, absenteeism, and presenteeism). Incarcerated workers have fewer workplace protections and may be exposed to hazards that will result in prolonged litigation, disability, and greater difficulty integrating into society upon release 34 …”

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confidence: 99%

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Occupational and Environmental Hazards of Correctional Settings

Montoya-Barthelemy¹,

Gibson²,

Lee³

et al. 2021

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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Objective: Maintaining healthful, safe, and productive work environments for workers in correctional settings is a matter of deep consequence to the workers themselves, the institutions they serve, the incarcerated individuals with whom they share space, and inevitably, to our wider community. We hypothesized that an examination of the academic literature would reveal opportunities for an improved approach to research in these settings. Methods: We performed a scoping literature review using search terms related to the occupational and environmental health of workers in correctional environments, limited to studies performed in the United States. Results: A total of 942 studies underwent title and abstract screening, 342 underwent full-text review, and 147 underwent data extraction by a single reviewer. The results revealed a body of literature that tends strongly toward analyses of stress and burnout of correctional staff, largely based on self-reported data from cross-sectional surveys. Those studies related to physical health were predominantly represented by topics of infectious disease. There were few or no studies examining exposures or outcomes related to diagnosable mental health conditions, musculoskeletal injury, environmental hazards, medical or mental health staff, immigration detention settings, or regarding incarcerated workers. There were very few studies that were experimental, longitudinal, or based on objective data. Discussion: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has promulgated a research strategy for correctional officers that should guide future research for all workers in correctional settings, but realization of these goals will rely upon multidisciplinary collaboration, specific grants to engage researchers, and an improved understanding of the barriers inherent to correctional research, all while maintaining rigorous protection for incarcerated persons as an especially vulnerable population.

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Occupational and Environmental Hazards of Correctional Settings

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Lee³

et al. 2021

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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“…For example, the Minnesota Department of Corrections worked "with a local labor union to train" incarcerated people as welders. 251 Incarcerated workers earned their certificates and the union reserved 10% of positions for formerly incarcerated people. 252 A second strategy for reimagining incarcerated labor is to follow guidance from non-correctional professional organizations or agencies, like the American Bar Association (ABA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and function of the Thirteenth Amendment.…”

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Beyond the 13th Amendment-Captive Labor

Armstrong

2022

SSRN Journal

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Extreme Heat and Occupational Health Risks

Gibb,

Beckman,

Vergara

et al. 2024

Annual Review of Public Health

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Climate change poses a significant occupational health hazard. Rising temperatures and more frequent heat waves are expected to cause increasing heat-related morbidity and mortality for workers across the globe. Agricultural, construction, military, firefighting, mining, and manufacturing workers are at particularly high risk for heat-related illness (HRI). Various factors, including ambient temperatures, personal protective equipment, work arrangements, physical exertion, and work with heavy equipment may put workers at higher risk for HRI. While extreme heat will impact workers across the world, workers in low- and middle-income countries will be disproportionately affected. Tracking occupational HRI will be critical to informing prevention and mitigation strategies. Renewed investment in these strategies, including workplace heat prevention programs and regulatory standards for indoor and outdoor workers, will be needed. Additional research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in order to successfully reduce the risk of HRI in the workplace. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Public Health, Volume 45 is April 2024. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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The Occupational Health of Prison Inmates

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Occupational and Environmental Hazards of Correctional Settings

Occupational and Environmental Hazards of Correctional Settings

Beyond the 13th Amendment-Captive Labor

Extreme Heat and Occupational Health Risks

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