CHER Shares Research on Incarcerated Populations at National Conference
A team of CHER researchers recently presented at the 18th Annual Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health Conference in Austin, Texas, sharing insights from the Gender Differences in Physical Activity in Incarcerated Populations project.
Meredith Brown, Megan Marshall, Brooke de Heer, Lizzy Schmitter, Travis Pinn, Linnea Evans, Sara Shuman, and Amy Gelatt led presentations on topics ranging from equitable access to physical activity in jails to how ecological factors and carceral work opportunities impact movement behind bars.
Key talks included:
- Promoting Equitable Access to Physical Activity (Brown, Marshall, de Heer)
- Ecological Factors Influencing Physical Activity (Pinn)
- Improving Incarceration or Advocating for Liberation? (Shuman, Brown)
- Time Use Diaries to Assess Physical Activity (poster) (Gelatt)
The conference drew justice health researchers, correctional professionals, and individuals with lived experience to over 150 sessions. A highlight for many CHER attendees was the keynote by Anthony Ray Hinton, who shared his powerful story of surviving 30 years on death row after a wrongful conviction—an experience detailed in his memoir, The Sun Does Shine. The team described his talk as “heartbreaking and motivating,” and left inspired to continue their work in carceral health research.