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The Risk of Death Following Release From Prison  


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 09, Number 01, May/June 2007 , pp.14-14(1)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

A study of 30,237 inmates released from the Washington State DOC from July 1999 through December 2003 shows these inmates were 12 times more likely to die from a drug overdose and 10 times more likely to be killed in a two-year period than the general population.

Keywords: Ingrid A. Binswanger, M.D., New England Journal of Medicine

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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