Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021
Dispatch
Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Prisons, England, 2020
Wendy M. Rice
, Dimple Y. Chudasama, James Lewis, Francis Senyah, Isaac Florence, Simon Thelwall, Lisa Glaser, Maciej Czachorowski, Emma Plugge, Hilary Kirkbride, Gavin Dabrera, and Theresa Lamagni
, Dimple Y. Chudasama, James Lewis, Francis Senyah, Isaac Florence, Simon Thelwall, Lisa Glaser, Maciej Czachorowski, Emma Plugge, Hilary Kirkbride, Gavin Dabrera, and Theresa Lamagni
Table
Demographic characteristics of COVID-19 cases in incarcerated persons and in persons associated with prison staff, England, March 16–October 12, 2020 *
| Characteristic |
Incarcerated persons |
Prison staff–associated |
No. deaths |
CFR† (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, N = 1,157 | 734 (63.5%) | 412 (35.6%) | 23 (1.99%) | 3.13 (2.00–4.67) |
| Age group, y | ||||
| 0–17 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0.00‡ |
| 18–21 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 22–45 | 435 | 223 | 4 | 0.92 (0.02–2.34) |
| 46–65 | 192 | 153 | 8 | 4.17 (1.82–8.04) |
| >66 |
71 |
10 |
11 |
15.5 (8.0–26.03) |
| Sex | ||||
| F | 46 | 166 | 2 | 4.35 (0.05–14.84) |
| M | 688 | 242 | 22 | 3.05 (1.9–4.63) |
| Unknown |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Race/ethnicity‡ | ||||
| White/White British | 507 | 318 | 20 | 3.94 (2.43–6.03) |
| Asian/Asian British | 54 | 33 | NA | ‡ |
| Black/Black British | 44 | 9 | NA | ‡ |
| Mixed | 20 | 4 | NA | 0.00 |
| Other | 27 | 3 | NA | 0.00 |
| Unknown |
82 |
45 |
NA |
0.00 |
| Prison type | ||||
| Category C (trainer) | 259 | NA | 7 | 2.70 (1.09–5.49) |
| Local | 193 | NA | 8 | 4.15 (1.81–8.0) |
| Category B (high security, trainer) | 138 | NA | 2 | 1.45 (0.18–5.14) |
| Female | 43 | NA | 2 | 4.65 (0.57–15.81) |
| Category A (maximum security) | 40 | NA | 2 | 5.00 (0.61–24.29) |
| Open | 27 | NA | 2 | 7.41 (0.91–24.29) |
| Youth detention | 15 | NA | 0 | 0.00 |
*No deaths were reported among prison staff or their associated cases. CFR, case-fatality rate; COVID-19, coronavirus disease; NA, not available. †CFR calculated using only incarcerated case data. ‡CFR and 95% CIs for non-White groups not included due to small numbers reported in other categories (<5 cases).
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