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The prison population of the United States has quadrupled in the past 25 years, and the country now incarcerates more people per capita than any other nation. Many inmates with serious chronic physical illness fail to receive care while incarcerated. Among inmates with mental illness, most were off their treatments at the time of the arrest. Improvements are needed both in correctional health care and in community mental health services that might prevent crime and incarceration. Analyze the literature addressing the health status of incarcerated populations. Do current health care services properly address these issues? What do advocates recommend? Research the unit topic in order to write a four to five page paper, excluding title and bibliography pages, and including at least five references. Your review of the literature on each topic should include academic articles, official statistics/records, and educated opinion pieces. The Topic Paper instruction has been uploads