ArticleAmerican journal of public health2021
Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Immigration Detention Centers Requires the Release of Detainees.
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- "They Don't Care If We Live or Die": A Qualitative Analysis Examining the US Immigration System's Treatment of Undocumented Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Ethnicity & disease · 2024Article
- Preparing correctional settings for the next pandemic: a modeling study of COVID-19 outbreaks in two high-income countries.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Analysis and Mapping of Scientific Literature on Detention and Deportation of International Migrants (1990-2022).Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Article
- Looking Back: Decarcerating Immigration Prisons as a Tool for Improved Health.American journal of public health · 2023Article
- Individuals' experiences in U.S. immigration detention during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic: major challenges and public health implications.Health & justice · 2023Article
- Not in Our Name: The Disingenuous Use of "Public Health" as Justification for Title 42 Expulsions in the Era of the Migrant Protection Protocols.American journal of public health · 2022Article
- COVID-19 outbreak in a state prison: a case study on the implementation of key public health recommendations for containment and prevention.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Considerations for COVID-19 management in reception centers for refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants, Spain 2020.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2022Article
- The United States detention system for migrants: Patterns of negligence and inconsistency.Journal of migration and health · 2022Article
- COVID-19 testing, infection, and vaccination among deported Mexican migrants: Results from a survey on the Mexico-U.S. border.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Orange County, California COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Best Practices Checklist: A Community-Centered Call to Action for Equitable Vaccination Practices.Health equity · 2022Article
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Abstract
Immigration detention centers are densely populated facilities in which restrictive conditions limit detainees' abilities to engage in social distancing or hygiene practices designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. With tens of thousands of adults and children in more than 200 immigration detention centers across the United States, immigration detention centers are likely to experience COVID-19 outbreaks and add substantially to the population of those infected.Despite compelling evidence indicating a heightened risk of infection among detainees, state and federal governments have done little to protect the health of detained im-migrants. An evidence-based public health framework must guide the COVID-19 response in immigration detention centers.We draw on the hierarchy of controls framework to demonstrate how immigration detention centers are failing to implement even the least effective control strategies. Drawing on this framework and recent legal and medical advocacy efforts, we argue that safely releasing detainees from immigration detention centers into their communities is the most effective way to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in immigration detention settings. Failure to do so will result in infection and death among those detained and deepen existing health and social inequities.
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