The Effect of Medicaid on Recidivism and Employment after Release from Prison

More than 600,000 individuals are released from state and federal prisons in the U.S. each year. Individuals reentering the community see high rates of unemployment, recidivism, and mortality. Economist Cici McNamara will examine the impact of Medicaid enrollment among recently incarcerated adults on post-release outcomes including employment and reincarceration. She will analyze data from the Institute for Research on Poverty’s Wisconsin Administrative Data Core for her study.