California's prison death rates rose amid COVID
California's prison death rates rose amid COVID
- April 24, 2024
- Research coauthored by Kristin Turney, sociology, Axios, April 24, 2024
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Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, and Brigham and Women's Hospital combined disparate state and federal prison data to create what they consider "the most comprehensive understanding to date of in-custody mortality during 2020." They found that incarcerated people in the U.S. died nearly 3.5 times more frequently than the free population in 2020.
For the full story, please visit https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2024/04/24/california-prison-death-rate-covid.
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