Life During COVID for Court-Involved People
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
; 9(3):232-251, 2023.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2318234
ABSTRACT
Data from a unique survey of court-involved New Yorkers collected during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 provides evidence for a cycle of disadvantage involving penal control, material hardship, and health risk. We find evidence of chaotic jail conditions from March to May 2020 in the early phase of the pandemic, and high levels of housing and food insecurity, and joblessness for those leaving jail or with current criminal cases. The highest levels of material hardship—measured by housing insecurity, unemployment, shelter stays, and poor self-reported health—were experienced by those with mental illness and substance use problems who had been incarcerated.
Social Sciences: Comprehensive Works; criminal legal system; poverty; jails; health; substance use; coronavirus; Infectious diseases; Healthy food; Employment; Mental disorders; Food security; Housing; Prisons; Prisoners; Disadvantaged; Courts; COVID-19; Unemployment; Health risks; Substance abuse; Low income groups; Pandemics; Research design; Health risk assessment; Drug use; Medical research; Insecurity; Data collection; Mental health; Coronaviruses; Imprisonment; Disease transmission; New York; United States--US; New York City New York
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English
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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Year:
2023
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Article
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