Volume 30, Supplement - Infectious Diseases and Carceral Health
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
COVID-19
Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Response in Correctional and Detention Facilities
Caroline Waddell
, Ashley Meehan, Megan Schoonveld, Zoe Kaplan, Michael Bien, Claire Bailey, Emily Mosites, and Liesl M. Hagan
, Ashley Meehan, Megan Schoonveld, Zoe Kaplan, Michael Bien, Claire Bailey, Emily Mosites, and Liesl M. Hagan
Table 1
Organization types and staff roles represented in COVID-19 lessons learned interviews, United States, July–August 2022
| Category | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Organization type | |
| State departments of health | 5 (19%) |
| Criminal justice organizations | 21 (81%) |
| Federal agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice | 5 (24%) |
| State Departments of Corrections* | 4 (19%) |
| Local jails† | 4 (19%) |
| Youth detention and confinement facilities | 3 (14%) |
| Professional organizations representing the criminal justice system | 2 (10%) |
| Private healthcare contractors operating in correctional/detention facilities | 2 (10%) |
| Private prison operators | 1 (5%) |
| Total organizations interviewed |
26 (100%) |
| Participant staff roles | |
| State health department participants | 10 (20%) |
| Criminal justice organization participants | 41 (80%) |
| Healthcare | 19 (46%) |
| Administration | 12 (29%) |
| Custody | 9 (22%) |
| Occupational health | 1 (2%) |
| Total staff included in interviews | 51 (100%) |
*Includes 1 unified system operating a state’s prisons and jails. †Participating jails included 1 small jail (<250 beds), 2 medium jails (250–1,000 beds), and 1 large jail (>1,000 beds), in addition to the jails represented in the 1 unified state system.
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