Carceral epidemiology: mass incarceration and structural racism during the COVID-19 pandemic

Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing epidemic of mass incarceration are closely intertwined, as COVID-19 entered US prisons and jails at astounding rates. Although observers warned of the swiftness with which COVID-19 could devastate people who are held and work in prisons and jails, their...

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Main Authors: Katherine LeMasters, MPH, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD, Morgan Maner, MS, Meghan Peterson, MPH, Kathryn Nowotny, PhD, Zinzi Bailey, ScD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-03-01
Series:The Lancet Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266722000056