Incarcerated individuals in the United States face poor health care outcomes in part due to insufficient provider training in carceral care. Emerging initiatives, including lectures, clinical rotations, and service-learning address this gap. This scoping review evaluates the scope and effectiveness of such interventions to produce an evidence-based guide for future improvements in medical education and health care for incarcerated populations. We searched PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, and Web of Science for peer-reviewed articles regarding initiatives involving both undergraduate medical education and carceral care. Seventeen articles from 2014 to 2024 fit these criteria. Our analysis reveals that future initiatives led by a combination of clinicians, academics, and community leaders trained in this space are strongly poised to impart meaningful changes in advancing carceral care in medical education.
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