Perspective.

Healthcare and Incarceration - July 3, 2017

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Synopsis

Good healthcare is a problem for many Americans, especially if you are poor … and especially if you are in jail. And, of course, it becomes even more complicated if you are a woman and pregnant. One doctor spent six years caring for female inmates at the San Francisco jail. During that time she learned first-hand about the complexities and contradictions of care in a punitive institution. On this week's Perspective program, she makes the point that jail healthcare is often a symptom of social failure.   Guest: Dr. Carolyn Sufrin is the author of "Jailcare: Finding the Safety Net for Women Behind Bars." Sufrin is a medical anthropologist and an obstetrician-gynecologist at Johns-Hopkins University School of Medicine.   Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries,