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Depression In Inmates: Annotated Bibliography

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Kie McGinnis Engl 127 05/14/24. Annotated Bibliography Kastos, D., Dousis, E., Zartaloudi, A., Pavlatou, N., Kalogianni, A., Toulia, G., Tsoulou, V., & Polikandrioti, M. (2022, December 27). Depression in male inmates. MDPI. The. https://www.mdpi.com/2039-7283/13/1/1. The purpose of the article, Depression in Inmates, analyzes how depression rates in prisons can be caused by various factors, such as poor environmental conditions, for instance, a small room, lack of light, and a lack of privacy. In addition to emotional factors such as interpersonal relationships, limited mental health resources, and substance abuse. The author's intent in research is to show how a lack of mental health resources can increase depression rates in prisons. …show more content…

This article focuses on prisoners who have tragically passed through New York City's prison system, primarily focusing on Rikers Island. The author is attempting to shed light on the crisis of neglect and abuse inside prisons, whether that be through limiting health care, mental health support, and unfortunately physically abusing prisoners. The author is drawing attention to conditions in prisons through viewing these actions, though working for NYC health services for jail systems, they have worked tirelessly since to try to address these awful conditions. This source is believed to be an academic article for the reason that it intends to inform the reader of conditions within Rikers Island prison. It is a secondary source within the research, as it is being utilized as supporting evidence within the environment, and not necessarily statistics. The author is knowledgeable in this topic as they have experience working as a medical director, as well as numerous assistance in collecting data from colleagues of the author. This source is going to primarily be used in this research as examples of real people who have been impacted by poor mental health services, and the neglect of treatment for the mentally

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