Whereas criminal legal systems in the United States are sustaining an incarceration crisis that has put millions of people behind bars, torn families apart, destabilized communities, and allowed others to profit from the mistreatment of human beings; Whereas, in the United States, almost 2,000,000 people are incarcerated in Federal, State, local, and Tribal prisons and jails, immigration detention facilities, juvenile secure facilities, and treatment and rehabilitation facilities; Whereas the duration of prison sentences is trending upwards and nearly 57 percent of the Federal and State prison population is now serving a sentence of 10 years or more; Whereas every year of incarceration in a prison or jail for a person is associated with a 2-year reduction in average life expectancy; Whereas people incarcerated in prisons and jails are more likely than the general public to have at least 1 preexisting physical or mental health condition or disability, which makes incarcerated people more susceptible to environmental health threats; Whereas incarceration and systemic patterns of environmental justice violations in the permitting and siting of carceral facilities has greatly increased the exposure of incarcerated people, carceral facility staff, and communities surrounding carceral facilities to toxic and dangerous conditions; Whereas toxic environments in and around carceral facilities harm the physical, mental, and social well-being of those impacted by incarceration; Whereas exposure to environmental hazards harms the vitality of incarcerated communities by reducing the availability of programming in carceral facilities; Whereas the adverse environmental health impacts of incarceration disproportionately harm Black people and other minorities in the United States, including Indigenous, Latino, and LGBTQ+ people, who are more likely to be incarcerated in the United States