2020
DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2020.1838373
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An Imperfect Storm: Identifying the Root Causes of COVID-19 Outbreaks in the World’s Largest Corrections Systems

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“…high levels of chronic respiratory illness). These predictions have been borne out in prisons around the world, with infection and death rates in custody far higher than in the community ( Byrne et al 2020 b : 894). Thus, in England and Wales, between March 2020 and February 2021, the COVID-19 death rate among prisoners was 3.3 times higher than among people of the same age and gender in the general population ( Braithwaite et al 2021 : 1).…”
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“…high levels of chronic respiratory illness). These predictions have been borne out in prisons around the world, with infection and death rates in custody far higher than in the community ( Byrne et al 2020 b : 894). Thus, in England and Wales, between March 2020 and February 2021, the COVID-19 death rate among prisoners was 3.3 times higher than among people of the same age and gender in the general population ( Braithwaite et al 2021 : 1).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…quarantining infected inmates), and (3) ‘back-end’, ‘to reduce the risk of infection among vulnerable subgroups’ (e.g. early release of elderly inmates) ( Byrne et al 2020 b : 883). While the effectiveness of strategies for reducing the COVID-19 transmission in prisons is yet to be established ( Malloy et al 2021 ), it is increasingly clear that some strategies ‘may have serious unintended consequences for prisoners’ ( Byrne et al 2020 b : 890), i.e.…”
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“…In most countries, the covid-19 infection rate is consistently higher in prisons than in the community, including those with the largest prison systems: China, India, and the United States 1. Many of the largest cluster outbreaks in the US have occurred in prisons.…”
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