Ep. 58 Public Health is Public Safety: Jail, Communities, and Health with Niloofar Ramezani and Faye Taxman

The Criminology Academy

This week we talk to Niloofar Ramezani, a professor at George Mason University's Department of Statistics, and Faye Taxman, a professor at George Mason University's School of Policy and Government and director of the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! (ACE!). They talk to us about what contributes to jail populations and the effects that jail stays can have on people's mental and behavioral health.

You can find Faye on Twitter at @FayeTaxman.

Additional resources:

https://www.gmuace.org/

https://www.jcoinctc.org/