Examining COVID-19 mortality rates by race and ethnicity among incarcerated people in 11 U.S. states prisons (March-October 2021).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Populations who are incarcerated have experienced disproportionately high coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019) mortality rates compared to the general population. However, mortality rates by race/ethnicity from federal, state, and local carceral settings are largely unavailable due to unregulated reporting; therefore, racial/ethnic inequities have yet to be examined. We aimed to estimate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality rates among individuals incarcerated in U.S. state prisons by race and ethnicity (RE).

Methods

Freedom of Information Act requests to state Departments of Corrections were used to identify deaths from COVID-19 among incarcerated adults occurring from March 1-October 1, 2020. We requested race, ethnicity, and age specific data on death

SUBMITTER: Li MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9699716 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature