Decarcerating Correctional Facilities during COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and Safety

This report examines decarceration as a public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. People in correctional facilities are more susceptible to COVID-19 for a wide variety of reasons, including overcrowding and higher rates of pre-existing conditions. Public health agencies can advocate for these decarceration policies or participate directly in discharge planning or health care provision to these vulnerable populations.

Resource Details

• Population: People Who Are Incarcerated
• Setting/Context of Implementation: Correctional Facility
• Topics of Practice: Policy Change/ Development
• Outcomes of Interest: Advancing Racial Equity|Improve Organizational Infrastructure|Reduction of Health Disparities
• Level of Evidence: Promising
• Tools or Materials Included in Resource: Yes
• Social Determinants of Health: Neighborhood and Built Environment|Social and Community Context
• Outside of US: No