PBS: How poor dental care in prison makes reentry harder for formerly incarcerated people

Dr. Jay Shulman works as a correctional dental expert, participating in lawsuits against state prison systems around the country. He said there’s many reasons why those incarcerated enter prison with already poor dental care. More than 76 million adults in America do not have dental insurance, according to a 2021 report from Carequest Institute for Oral Health, which means many people likely enter prison with few visits or no visits at all to a dentist.

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