Assessing the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in U.S. Jails and Prisons, and Impacts on Correctional Workforces

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Project contact: Brie Williams

PI: Brie Williams, MD, MS

Public Summary

Our group, Amend at UCSF, is conducting quantitative and qualitative research with correctional officers and policy leaders to understand the organizational responses to COVID-19 in prisons and jails throughout the US and to investigate the impacts of COVID-19 on the health and well-being of correctional staff. Learn more about Amend and our work related to COVID-19 in prisons at www.amend.us/covid

Type of Research: Epidemiology / Population / Public Health Science study

Topics: Community Engagement, Epidemiology, Clinical Outcome, Incidence, Health Disparities, Target Population, Service Workers, Prisoners