As with past pandemics of influenza, COVID-19 tore through US prisons and jails; however,
the COVID-19 pandemic, uniquely, has led to more health research on carceral systems …

Correctional facilities house millions of residents in communities throughout the United
States. Such congregate settings are critical for national infection prevention and control …

Background COVID-19 and mass incarceration are closely intertwined with prisons having
COVID-19 case rates much higher than the general population. COVID-19 has highlighted …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted individuals in
carceral facilities–both incarcerated people and staff. Vaccination is an important tool in …

Early into the COVID-19 pandemic, Miller & Blumstein (2020) outlined a theoretical research
program (TRP) oriented around themes of contagion control and containment, legal …

Data from a unique survey of court-involved New Yorkers collected during the COVID-19
pandemic in 2020 provides evidence for a cycle of disadvantage involving penal control …

Since the discovery of the “jail disease,” probably typhus, in the eighteenth century, health
experts have recognized that the prison is a near perfect incubator of contagious disease …

Correctional officers are shouldered with important responsibilities designed to reinforce
institutional security, yet work under hazardous conditions that can jeopardize their …

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the lack of resources and oversight that hinders
medical care for incarcerated people in the United States. The US Supreme Court has held …

Importance Owing to infrastructural and population characteristics, the prison setting is at
increased risk for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and for severe clinical outcomes. Because of …