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Incarceration: The Longest COVID Sentence

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COVID in corrections has been more than five times higher than in the general population. This respiratory disease has profoundly changed the experience of incarceration. Known dangers have not been fully addressed and prevention opportunities missed. During the holiday period there have been new outbreaks in Massachusetts, Ohio and Illinois, and there are visitation restrictions in Texas a...
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Pandemic Crisis in Our Jails and Correctional Facilities

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Throughout the spring and summer of 2021, the COVID-19 outbreak in corrections has been more than five times higher than in the general population. The vast majority (75+%) of COVID deaths in jails were of people who were not convicted. The concentration of disease in corrections is higher even than nursing homes. Jails and prisons have many previous outbreaks, being the epicenter of commun...
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