Brains matter.

• Position: STATELINE - Brain injuries to prisoners - Brief article

Traumatic brain injuries among prison inmates may be l0 times higher than that of the general population. A recent study in Minnesota found that 82.8 percent of male inmates had at least one head injury in their lifetimes, mostly caused by assaults (in and out of prison). Nationally, it's estimated that between 25 percent and 87 percent of all inmates have had some kind of traumatic brain injury, while...