The Contribution of Prisons and Jails to US Racial Disparities During COVID-19

Am J Public Health. 2021 Feb;111(2):197-199. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306040.

Authors

Kathryn M Nowotny¹, Zinzi Bailey¹, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein¹

Affiliation

¹ Kathryn M. Nowotny is with the Department of Sociology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL. Zinzi Bailey is with the Division of Medical Oncology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein is with the Department of Social Medicine and the Center for Health Equity Research, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data*
Health Status Disparities*
Healthcare Disparities / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Jails / organization & administration*
Prisoners / statistics & numerical data*
Prisons / organization & administration*
SARS-CoV-2
United States

Grants and funding

L60 MD014557/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States