Carceral Health is Public Health

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Hagan, Liesl M. ; Mosites, Emily ; Hughes-Baker, Laura ; Butler, Jay
• Description:
  The incarceration rate in the United States is the highest in the world, 664 persons per 100,000 population in 2021 (1,2). The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated that >5.5 million persons were under the supervision of US adult carceral systems at a single point in 2021, including persons in prison or jail and those on probation or parole (1,2). In total, ≈450,000 persons were released from state and federal prisons during 2021, and another 7 million cycled through local jails, each returning to their families and communities (3,4).
• Subjects:
  COVID-19 Humans Prisoners Prisons Public Health SARS-CoV-2
• Keywords:
  Bacteria Coronavirus Carceral Health Coronavirus Disease Detention Ebola Virus Hemorrhagic Fever Hendra Virus Henipaviruses Incarceration Jail Monkeypox Virus Mpox Nipah Virus Prison Respiratory Infections SARS Sexually Transmitted Infections TB Tuberculosis Viruses Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(Suppl 1):S1-S4
• Pubmed ID:
  38561635
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10986829
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  30
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d100723cdfed2a05254673b002d30bcf342bfef6642f9d1d6b603a9ac297f719
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/152983/cdc_152983_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 600.60 KB ]