ReviewThe Lancet. Infectious diseases2021
Decarceration and community re-entry in the COVID-19 era.
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- COVID-19 impacts on decarceration for Indigenous, Black, and other racialized people in Ontario, Canada: an interrupted time series study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Changes in incarceration and tuberculosis notifications from prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the Americas: a time-series analysis of national surveillance data.The Lancet. Public health · 2025Article
- Implementation of Rapid COVID-19 Testing in Criminal Justice Residential Reentry Sites.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2024Article
- Risk factors associated with the intensity of COVID-19 outbreaks in Canadian community settings: a retrospective analysis of outbreak-level surveillance data.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Tuberculosis case notifications and outcomes in Peruvian prisons prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national-level interrupted time series analysis.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Article
- Interruptions in HIV and Behavioral Health Care for Criminal-Legal Involved People Living with HIV Following Implementation of Decarceration and Shelter in Place in San Francisco, California.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Rates of SARS-CoV-2 transmission between and into California state prisons.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- COVID-19 Burden in Adult Correctional or Detention Facilities and the Surrounding Communities, January 1, 2020-July 20, 2021.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2023Article
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- Coping with COVID in corrections: a qualitative study among the recently incarcerated on infection control and the acceptability of wastewater-based surveillance.Health & justice · 2023Article
- Community Resilience during the COVID 19 Pandemic: Experiences of Community-Based Violence Prevention and Recidivism Reduction Program Administrators.American journal of criminal justice : AJCJ · 2023Article
- Reentry During A Pandemic: A Pilot Study of Access to Peer Support Through Technology to Reduce Social Isolation.American journal of criminal justice : AJCJ · 2022Article
- The COVID-19 pandemic behind bars: Experimental evidence showing higher support for decarceration when framed as risk to correctional staff.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Impacts of COVID-19 at the intersection of substance use disorder treatment and criminal justice systems: findings from three states.Health & justice · 2022Article
- The Impact Of COVID-19 On The Health Of Incarcerated Older Adults In California State Prisons.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2022Article
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- A study of SARS-COV-2 outbreaks in US federal prisons: the linkage between staff, incarcerated populations, and community transmission.BMC public health · 2022Article
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- A rapid review of early guidance to prevent and control COVID-19 in custodial settings.Health & justice · 2021Article
- Association of Jail Decarceration and Anticontagion Policies With COVID-19 Case Growth Rates in US Counties.JAMA network open · 2021Article
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Abstract
Jails and prisons are exceptionally susceptible to viral outbreaks, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The USA has extremely high rates of incarceration and COVID-19 is causing an urgent health crisis in correctional facilities and detention centres. Epidemics happening in prisons are compounding the elevated risks that COVID-19 poses to people of colour, older people, and those with comorbidities. Intersectoral community re-entry efforts in the USA and other countries have shown that releasing people from correctional facilities as a pandemic-era public health intervention is safe and can support both public safety and community rebuilding. Therefore, substantial decarceration in the USA should be initiated. A point of focus for such efforts is that many people in prison are serving excessively long sentences and pose acceptable safety risks for release. Properly managed, correctional depopulation will prevent considerable COVID-19 morbidity and mortality and reduce prevailing socioeconomic and health inequities.
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