Incarceration and Covid-19

Recommendations to Curb Covid-19 Disease Transmission in Prison Facilities and Surrounding Communities

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ID15482106
AuthorsLauren Natoli (0000-0003-1897-5319, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, corresponding author), Lauren Jeanne Natoli (AIDS Healthcare Foundation), Kathy Linh Vu (0000-0001-7106-400X, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, corresponding author), Adam Carl Sukhija-Cohen (0000-0001-8793-2166, AIDS Healthcare Foundation), Whitney Engeran-Cordova (AIDS Healthcare Foundation), Gabriel Maldonado (0000-0003-1561-4913, TruEvolution, Riverside, CA 92501, USA), Gabriel Orlando Quiñones Maldonado (0000-0003-2724-3267), Scott Galvin (City of North Miami City Council, Miami, FL 33161, USA), William Arroyo (California Rehabilitation Oversight Commission, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sacramento, CA 95811, USA), William Viera (0000-0003-4472-4126, University of Southern California), Cynthia J Davis (Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science), Cynthia Davis (0000-0002-4716-6767, College of Medicine & College of Science and Health, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue18
Pages9790-9790
Publication date2021-09-17
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18189790
PMID34574715
OpenAlexW3201447315
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited3

Overcrowding can increase the risk of disease transmission, such as that of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), within United States prisons. The number of COVID-19 cases among prisoners is higher than that among the general public, and this disparity is further increased for prisoners of color. This report uses the example case of the COVID-19 pandemic to observe prison conditions and preventive efforts, address racial disparities for people of color, and guide structural improvements for sustaining inmate health during a pandemic in four select states: California, New York, Illinois, and Florida. To curb the further spread of COVID-19 among prisoners and their communities, safe public health practices must be implemented including providing personal protective equipment (PPE) and testing of staff and inmates, disseminating culturally and language appropriate information regarding the pandemic and preventive precautions, introducing social distancing measures, and ensuring adequate resources to safely reintegrate released prisoners into their communities

Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Criminology · Disease · Environmental health · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Overcrowding · Pandemic · Personal protective equipment · Political science · Prison · Public health · Quarantine · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Social distance · Transmission (telecommunications · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Education Discipline and Inequality · Engineering · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology

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