Research


Peer-Reviewed Publications

3. Release from US Immigration Detention may Improve Physical and Psychological Stress and Health: Results from a Two-Wave Panel Study in California
Caitlin Patler, Altaf Saadi, and Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, & Konrad Franco
Social Science and Medicine - Mental Health, October 2021
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2. Punishing Status and the Punishment Status Quo: Solitary Confinement in U.S. Immigration Prisons, 2013-2017
Konrad Franco, Caitlin Patler & Keramet Reiter
Punishment & Society, October 2020
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1. The Effect of Strain, Affect, and Personal/Social Resources on Problem Substance Use among Incarcerated and Non-Incarcerated Youth
Konrad Franco & Ryken Grattet
Deviant Behavior, April 2020
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Working Papers (drafts may be available upon request)

1. “The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Quality of Life and the Defining Role of Racism” (with Caitlin Patler and Whitney Pirtle)

2. “Local Hospital Psychiatric Inpatient Capacity and Jail Incarceration” (solo)

3. “Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Clinics and Jail Incarceration” (solo)

3. “The Effect of Rural Hospital Closures on Local Jails” (solo)

4. “Tracking the Use of Solitary Confinement in California Prisons, 2006-2022” (with Keramet Reiter)