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Black men survive longer in prison than out: study :shocked:

 

 

(Reuters Health) - Black men are half as likely to die at any given time if they're in prison than if they aren't, suggests a new study of North Carolina inmates.

 

The black prisoners seemed to be especially protected against alcohol- and drug-related deaths, as well as lethal accidents and certain chronic diseases.

 

But that pattern didn't hold for white men, who on the whole were slightly more likely to die in prison than outside, according to findings published in Annals of Epidemiology.

 

Researchers say it's not the first time a study has found lower death rates among certain groups of inmates - particularly disadvantaged people, who might get protection against violent injuries and murder.

 

[color:red]"Ironically, prisons are often the only provider of medical care accessible by these underserved and vulnerable Americans," said Hung-En Sung of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.

 

"Typically, prison-based care is more comprehensive than what inmates have received prior to their admission," Sung, who wasn't involved in the new study, told Reuters Health by email.[/color]

 

The new study involved about 100,000 men between age 20 and 79 who were held in North Carolina prisons at some point between 1995 and 2005. Sixty percent of those men were black.

 

Researchers linked prison and state health records to determine which of the inmates died, and of what causes, during their prison stay. Then they compared those figures with expected deaths in men of the same age and race in the general population.

 

Less than one percent of men died during incarceration, and there was no difference between black and white inmates. But outside prison walls, black men have a higher rate of death at any given age than white.

 

"What's very sad about this is that if we are able to all of a sudden equalize or diminish these health inequalities that you see by race inside a place like prison, it should also be that in places like a poor neighborhood we should be able to diminish these sort of inequities," said Evelyn Patterson, who studies correctional facilities at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

 

"If it can be done (in prison), then certainly it can happen outside of prison," Patterson, who wasn't linked to the new work, told Reuters Health.

 

As in the general population, cancer and heart and blood vessel diseases were the most common cause of death among inmates - accounting for more than half of deaths.

 

White prisoners died of cardiovascular diseases as often as expected and died of cancer slightly more often than non-prisoners.

 

Black inmates, by contrast, were between 30 and 40 percent less likely to die of those causes than those who weren't incarcerated. They were also less likely to die of diabetes, alcohol- and drug-related causes, airway diseases, accidents, suicide and murder than black men not in prison.

 

All told, their risk of death at any age was only half that of men living in the community.

 

For white men, the overall death rate was slightly higher - by about 12 percent - than in the general population, with some of that attributed to higher rates of death from infection, including HIV and hepatitis. When the researchers broke prisoners up by age, death rates were only higher for white prisoners age 50 and older.

 

"For some populations, being in prison likely provides benefits in regards to access to healthcare and life expectancy," said study author Dr. David Rosen, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

But, he added in an email, "it's important to remember that there are many possible negative consequences of imprisonment -- for example, broken relationships, loss of employment opportunities, and greater entrenchment in criminal activity -- that are not reflected in our study findings but nevertheless have an important influence on prisoners' lives and their overall health."

 

For Rosen, one of the main messages from the study is the need to make the world outside of prison walls safer, and to make sure people living there have adequate access to healthcare.

 

 

 

SOURCE: bit.ly/o7a7st Annals of Epidemiology, online July 7, 2011.

 

 

 

The country is farked up.

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New state law requires fags and dykes history in school books

 

 

 

Public schools in California will be required to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans starting Jan. 1 after Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a controversial bill to add the topic to the social sciences curriculum.

 

Textbooks now must include information on the role of "LGBT Americans", as well as "Americans with disabilities", though California's budget crisis has delayed the purchasing of new books until at least 2015.

 

"History should be honest," Brown, a Democrat, said in a statement. "This bill revises existing laws that prohibit discrimination in education and ensures that the important contributions of Americans from all backgrounds and walks of life are included in our history books."

 

The governor called the legislation, SB48, introduced by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, "historic."

 

[color:red]The law - the first of its kind in the nation - adds the two groups to an existing list of minority and other groups that are required to be part of the social sciences curriculum.[/color]

 

Gay rights supporters heralded Brown's action as a major victory. They said the law will help make public schools a safer place for LGBT students as well as give those students, and their classmates, examples of accomplished and important LGBT people.

 

Throughout the debate on the measure, backers noted the recent spate of suicides among young LGBT people and said it would help to combat bullying that typically occurs beforehand.

 

Opponents, however, fiercely opposed the measure, citing religious objections to homosexuality and questioning whether such instruction is necessary. They expressed dismay with Brown's signing of the bill.

 

[color:red]"If children in other countries are learning math and science, and American children are learning about the private lives of historical figures, how will our students compete for jobs in the global economy?" said Sen. Sharon Runner, R-Lancaster (Los Angeles County), the vice chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Education.[/color]

 

The provision on inclusion in textbooks could reach beyond California, too, as many book publishers tailor their texts to California's standards because of the state's large population. The bill does not prescribe how schools will teach the subject, and Leno said that decision will be made by local school officials and teachers.

 

"What the bill calls for is for the contributions of LGBT people to be included," Leno said, adding, "We wrote it broadly for a reason. We would be subject to more criticism than we've already been getting if we were more dictatorial."

 

Leno said the mandates apply broadly, though, telling reporters it would affect kindergarten through high school curriculum, "and, of course, in an age-appropriate way."

 

[color:red]Gay rights advocates said they will be vigilant about making sure schools across California comply.[/color] :susel:

 

Carolyn Laub, the founder and executive director of the Gay-Straight Alliance Network, which works to establish gay-straight clubs in schools, said such clubs exist in 55 percent of California's high schools.

 

"We'll certainly be letting all of our constituents know about this bill, and when it goes into effect I can assure you there will be thousands of students" watching to see how it is implemented, she said.

 

Proponents have cited slain San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk as a person with historical significance, along with events such as the Stonewall Riots in New York City that helped launch the LGBT rights movement as examples of topics that could be taught.

 

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, a Democrat, praised Brown's move, saying, "Our history is more complete when we recognize the contributions of people from all backgrounds and walks of life."

 

Still, opponents questioned the effect the bill would have and the need for explicit instruction for all students about a relatively small group.

 

[color:red]The bill "does absolutely nothing to reduce bullying, improve the poor state of our education system, ensure students graduate or prepare them for global competitiveness," said Paulo Sibaja, legislative director of the Capitol Resource Institute, a socially conservative organization in Sacramento. "Instead it diverts precious classroom time away from science, math, reading and writing, and focuses on the agenda of a small group of people."[/color]

 

 

 

How about a stamp honoring Christine Jorgensen?

 

 

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A North Dakota rresident has successfully argued that his state waa snot properly admtted to the union.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/fine-print-north-dakota-may-not-state-195631502.html

 

1st question. Is it ture? 2nd question. If so, would we realy miss them? :nahnah:

 

I do recall a history class where teh teacher said there were a few states who had questionable admission to the union.

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""What's very sad about this is that if we are able to all of a sudden equalize or diminish these health inequalities that you see by race inside a place like prison, it should also be that in places like a poor neighborhood we should be able to diminish these sort of inequities," said Evelyn Patterson, who studies correctional facilities at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee."

 

 

Easy peasy. While the families of the prisoners are visiting their incarcerated relatives in the prison... offer them free in-house health screenings and check-ups, minor surgeries and other forms of health care. Maybe a low cost pharmacy as well?

 

All can be done in one stop at your local prison in the states... yes? Visit your criminal family member, and get the same health care he or she does while he is in prison. Free!

 

I should be dictator of the USA really.

 

I'd straighten the place out. :up:;):beer:

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