ACEs & Incarceration

Hi David,

Your article is amazing; thank you!  I totally agree that booking our incarcerated into prisons does retraumatize them.  They're completely left alone, without any communication knowing what to expect, when to expect it, and how to navigate through all the triggers while fighting off the anxiety and fears.  Just this one policy change could benefit to facilitate peace with communications from our COs and help soothe the fight and flight response.

I would love to know if you've written anything else.  Especially leaning towards the chaplain side inside our correctional facilities.  I'm finishing up writing new curriculum for healing dialogue groups inside our state prisons once COVID resolves and we need to spread so much more love and healing for what they've endured the last year with being in lockdown, so... 

Blessings, Tammy

Here is another article that builds off the Welsh study that gives the "20x" statistic.

I skimmed this, but I'm going to read it closely. It sounds like we have very similar passions. Are you interested in writing another article? I'm guest editing a special issue of a journal. I'm trying to connect some dots among trauma, neurobiology, theology, and addiction. Here is a description. Reach out to me (clements@etsu.edu) if you want to chat further.  https://www.frontiersin.org/re...atment-for-addiction

Hi Cynthia,

Attached is a list of outcomes of ACE scores higher than 4 - more than you wanted to know.

Best,

Dave

Hi Cynthia,

Thanks for your interest and for asking. Here is the article intro - also link and attached. Under separate cover, I will send you a list of several adverse effects of having an ACE score of 4 or higher.

A growing body of research has identified the long‐term impacts that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) including abuse, neglect and growing up in a dysfunctional home environment (e.g. exposure to domestic violence, household member incarcerated) have on individuals’ life chances. The Welsh ACE survey identified that individuals who had experienced four or more ACEs were 15 times more likely to have perpetrated violence in the last year and 20 times more likely to be incarcerated at some point in their lifetime.

https://www.hra.nhs.uk/plannin...offender-population/

David, I think I saw this once in a study but can't find that study again. Do you have a citation showing this?

We know from studies that those with ACE scores of four or higher are 20x's more likely to be incarcerated at some time in their lives compared to the general population.

Great article David! Thanks for sharing!