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A call to protect patients, correctional staff and healthcare professionals in jails and prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oladeru, Oluwadamilola T; Tran, Nguyen-Toan; Al-Rousan, Tala; Williams, Brie; Zaller, Nickolas.
  • Oladeru OT; Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Tran NT; The Australian Centre for Public and Population Health Research, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia.
  • Al-Rousan T; Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
  • Williams B; Divisions of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco and Amend at UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Zaller N; Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Rural and Global Public Health Program, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, 4301 West Markham #820, Little Rock, AK, 72205, USA. NDZaller@uams.edu.
Health Justice ; 8(1): 17, 2020 Jul 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-621506
ABSTRACT
This editorial describes why surge planning in the community must account for potential infection outbreaks in jails and prisons, and why incarcerated people and those in contact with them, including over 450,000 correctional officers and thousands of healthcare staff working in prisons, are at significant risk of COVID-19 exposure. We then explain how our nation's jails and prisons will continue to serve as breeding grounds for devastating COVID-19 outcomes and offer specific guidance and a call to action for the immediate development of correctional healthcare strategies designed to protect the health and safety of patients and correctional and healthcare staff and the communities in which they are situated. Correctional officers and correctional healthcare professionals need the nation's reassurance during this dire time that they will not be abandoned and further stigmatized for responding to the needs of incarcerated people. Our collective health depends on it.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Health Justice Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S40352-020-00119-1

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Health Justice Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S40352-020-00119-1