San Francisco Clinic a Model for Reaching Ex-Inmates
The Transitions Clinic in San Francisco is believed to be the first in the country that specifically caters to recently released prison inmates. Â Former prisoners have higher rates of HIV and hepatitis C, in addition to advanced diabetes, hypertension, asthma and cancer, which can burden the public health system.
- "Clinic Works to Include Ex-Inmates in Health Care's Embrace" (Dembosky, New York Times, 2/5).