COVID-19 community spread and consequences for prison case rates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 and mass incarceration are closely intertwined with prisons having COVID-19 case rates much higher than the general population. COVID-19 has highlighted the relationship between incarceration and health, but prior work has not explored how COVID-19 spread in communities have influenced case rates in prisons. Our objective was to understand the relationship between COVID-19 case rates in the general population and prisons located in the same county.

Methods

Using North Carolina's (NC) Department of Health and Human Services data, this analysis examines all COVID-19 tests conducted in NC from June-August 2020. Using interrupted time series analysis, we assessed the relationship between substantial community spread (50/100,000 detected in the last seven days

SUBMITTER: LeMasters K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9007382 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature