COVID in Prisons and Jails: Infection, Medical Care, and <way too much> Death

Bruce Western and Dr. Emily Wang joined Joshua B. Hoe to discuss COVID-19 in prisons right in the middle of the epidemic. They discussed decarceration, vaccinations, infection rates, and the duty of care America should have when dealing with pandemic in our correctional facilities.

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Emily Wang is an associate professor at the Yale School of Medicine and directs the new SEICHE Center for Health and Justice. The SEICHE Center is a collaboration between the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School working to stimulate community transformation by identifying the legal, policy, and practice levers that can improve the health of individuals and communities impacted by mass incarceration.

Emily also leads the Health Justice Lab research program, which receives National Institutes of Health funding to investigate how incarceration influences chronic health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and opioid use disorder, and uses a participatory approach to study interventions that mitigate the impacts of incarceration.

Emily and Bruce were also co-authors with a team of other experts of the book “Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19” published by the National Academies of Sciences and a recent White Paper called “Recommendations for Prioritization and Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccine in Prison and Jails.”

This week’s Guests:

Bruce Western PhD., Columbia University

Dr. Emily Wang, Yale University

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