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COVID-19 And Incarceration
In 2020, 13.8 percent of adults in US prisons were age fifty-five or
older, an all-time high, even as the overall US prison population was at
its lowest in decades.
At the same time, COVID-19 case rates in state prisons were three to
sixteen times the general population's rate in more than half of the
US states.
These shifting demographics in US prisons and the emergence of the
global pandemic led Ada Kwan and colleagues to explore the impact of
COVID-19 on incarcerated older adults
in California during the first twenty months of the pandemic.
The authors report that while older adults accounted for 17.3 percent of
the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation population
during the pandemic, they represented 85.8 percent of the prisons'
COVID-19-related deaths.
Further, older age groups experienced increased odds of being
quarantined, medically isolated, or having had a confirmed case of
COVID-19 compared with incarcerated younger adults, which in many
prisons meant placement in cells typically used for solitary
confinement.
Kwan and colleagues advocate for more equitable strategies in response
to emergencies such as COVID-19, including consideration for release
from prison for older adults.
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The Impact Of COVID-19 On The Health Of Incarcerated Older Adults In
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Ada Kwan et al.
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Bonnielin K. Swenor
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