The Mortality Rate of Those Charged With the Same Crimes Shoots Up

The mortality risk of people who are not incarcerated is about two and a half times higher than for those charged with the same crime. When that first group exits prison, when they're released from prison, there's a spike in mortality for that first group. But then in the next 10 to 15 years, it's no different. "We think this is pretty convincing evidence that the reason we see this lower mortality rate while incarcerated is the result of incarceration"