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VICTIMS & OFFENDERS
Volume 15, Issue 7-8, Pages 1244-1261Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2020.1825582
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Prison experience; prisons; public safety; Covid-19; pandemic; alternatives to incarceration; early release mechanisms; prison reform
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- Scholars Strategy Network (SSN) of Northeast Ohio [Amplify & Apply Mini-Grant]
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The COVID-19 pandemic infiltrated the United States in early 2020, with correctional facilities becoming hot spots for the novel coronavirus shortly thereafter. Using data gathered from Departments of Corrections' official websites, we provide a summary of state and federal prison system responses to COVID-19 as of June 2020. We highlight strengths and deficiencies in system responses as well as pertinent variations across jurisdictions. We conclude with a call for scholars and grant funders to prioritize incarceration-based data collection efforts on COVID-19 so the short and long-term consequences of the pandemic, and systemic responses to it, can be more fully assessed.
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