Carceral epidemiology: mass incarceration and structural racism during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Katherine LeMasters, MPH (Author), Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD (Author), Morgan Maner, MS (Author), Meghan Peterson, MPH (Author), Kathryn Nowotny, PhD (Author), Zinzi Bailey, ScD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing epidemic of mass incarceration are closely intertwined, as COVID-19 entered US prisons and jails at astounding rates. Although observers warned of the swiftness with which COVID-19 could devastate people who are held and work in prisons and jails, their...