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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2027
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COLL 171 001 (CRN: 26937)
HEALTH BEHIND BARS
Long Title: HEALTH BEHIND BARS: WHEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE BECOMES HEALTH POLICY (DUNCAN)
Department: College Courses
Instructors:
Meeting: 6:00PM - 6:50PM M (11-JAN-2027 - 23-APR-2027)
Part of Term: Full Term - No WL Purge
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 1
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 19
Section Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 2-NOV-2026 3:19PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: This course will appeal to pre-med, public health, or health policy students interested in the criminal justice system. Clinicians often have to deal with the public health impacts of the public safety system while lacking the resources to address structural conditions that produce them. Students will first examine the values and assumptions about the criminal justice system that form the phenomenon of mass incarceration. Then, students will examine historical and contemporary examples of prison policies that shape the short- and long-term health of incarcerated people in prison settings and in the broader community. Students will engage with scholarship in carceral epidemiology, public health, and prison conditions litigation to examine how legal and policy interventions can address health disparities created by the criminal justice system, both within correctional institutions and in the broader community.