Document Type

Report

Publication Date

5-9-2022

Publication Title

Criminal Justice Fact Sheet No. 6

Publisher

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West

First page number:

1

Last page number:

2

Abstract

Due to overcrowding, inadequate healthcare, systemic neglect, and violence in U.S. carceral (i.e. jails or prisons) and immigration detention centers, these facilities are a hot spot for the spread of COVID-19. In March 2020, the UCLA Law “Covid Behind Bars Data Project” began tracking official agency websites for self-reported data of COVID-19 across prisons, jails, and other detention facilities in the U.S. The number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and tests performed from 50 state correctional agencies, the District of Columbia’s Department of Corrections, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and several county jail systems are explored in the original report. Due to inconsistencies in data reporting practices across agencies, efforts to collect and standardize COVID-19 data is challenging. This fact sheet explores the available COVID-19 data collected by the UCLA Law “Covid Behind Bars Data Project,” with a focus on agency data reporting and data quality.

Keywords

Mountain West, COVID-19, Pandemic, Incarcerated, Prison, Agency Scores

Disciplines

Criminology and Criminal Justice | Health Policy | Public Affairs | Public Policy | Social Welfare | Social Work

File Format

pdf

File Size

109 KB

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Telada. D.T., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E. (2022). COVID-19 Behind Bars in the Mountain West. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute & Brookings Mountain West. Criminal Justice Fact Sheet No. 6, 1-2.

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