Policy and public communication methods among U.S. state prisons during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Melissa J. Zielinski (Author), Mariah Cowell (Author), Chelsey E. Bull (Author), Manasa Veluvolu (Author), M. Forrest Behne (Author), Kathryn Nowotny (Author), Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Throughout the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, our research team monitored and documented policy changes in United States (U.S.) prison systems. Data sources included prison websites and official prison social media accounts. Over 2500 data sources relevant to the COVID-19 p...