INTERSECTION OF HEALTH CARE AND INCARCERATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Medicine MD, Physical Therapy DPT, Physician Assistant MPAS, Genetic Counselor Studies MGCS, or Public Health MPH Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe how the criminal legal system in Wisconsin and the United States impacts the health of incarcerated people, including mental health and community health concerns. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify individual and community health challenges for a person once they are released from incarceration, and propose ways to mitigate these challenges. Audience: Graduate 3. Interpret clinical guidelines for ethical care of incarcerated individuals Audience: Graduate 4. Recognize ethical conflicts that exist in delivering care in carceral facilities, as well as issues surrounding access or lack of access to relevant research. Audience: Graduate 5. Develop concepts/best practices for system-wide improvements in the health care of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe how the criminal legal system in Wisconsin and the United States impacts the health of incarcerated people, including mental health and community health concerns. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify individual and community health challenges for a person once they are released from incarceration, and propose ways to mitigate these challenges. Audience: Graduate 3. Interpret clinical guidelines for ethical care of incarcerated individuals Audience: Graduate 4. Recognize ethical conflicts that exist in delivering care in carceral facilities, as well as issues surrounding access or lack of access to relevant research. Audience: Graduate 5. Develop concepts/best practices for system-wide improvements in the health care of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals. Audience: Graduate