POLS 070E. Public Health, Politics, and the Incarcerated Space (AP)

This seminar will explore the intersection of public health, politics, and mass incarceration. Among the questions we will examine are: How is incarceration a social determinant of health? Why do women who are incarcerated face a greater burden of disease than men who are entangled in the criminal legal system? What is the role of politics? How are the health and well-being of those who are incarcerated supported while confined in jail or prison? And what specific public policies might help to improve the health and well-being of those who are incarcerated? Note that the seminar is an Inside-Out course and is taught in partnership with the Philadelphia Correctional Industrial Center for Women and Temple Medical School.
Social Sciences.
1 Credit.
Eligible for PPE.
Spring 2028 Reeves.
Catalog chapter: Political Science
Department website: swarthmore.edu/political-science

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