Public Health’s Role in the Justice System

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  • Fellows gathered for a tour of the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility where they learned about public health challenges in the corrections system, especially those related to inmates re-entering society.
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  •  The group then visited the Community Advocates Public Policy Institute to discuss the organization's Community Justice Project with Marilyn Walczak. The goal of this project is to address many of the public health challenges within the criminal justice system. The project aims to increase the presence of community-based programs as an alternative to incarceration and re-incarceration.

The Wisconsin Population Health Service Fellowship is an initiative of the UW Population Health Institute’s Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) Group. The Fellowship program is funded by the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.