This is one more way in which the “war on drugs” differentially affects households of color and differentially destroys their health and earning potential.
The segregation of prison populations by infectious disease status is a policy change which could be effected rapidly, would save millions in health care costs and would have a significant net benefit to both the incarcerated and their spouses and lovers, a large number of whom are women of color.
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