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Katherine LeMasters and Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein raise concerns about the lack of sustained change in prison health transparency after covid-19 and implications for future public health crises People in the jails and prisons across the United States are often housed in abysmal and unlawful conditions that have dire consequences for health.1 From poorly designed built environments (eg, lack of air conditioning, overcrowded dorms) to stressful and unpredictable living quarters, to a lack of quality and timely healthcare, time spent in incarceration worsens peoples’ health.23 In fact, the Ame...

As the new SARS-CoV-2 variant, omicron, surges across the country, and as boosters become available, we cannot continue to neglect the wellbeing and safety of...

Updated Feb 19, 2021 He Got COVID In Prison. The Government Said He Was 'Recovered.' Then He Died. The death of a federal prisoner in Indiana illustrates the incomplete and often misleading nature of COVID-19 data released by correctional facilities. Illustration: Rebecca Zisser/HuffPost; Photos: Getty When Joseph Lee Fultz arrived at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, in January to begin a 27-year sentence, the prison was fighting to contain a COVID-19 outbreak. Positive cases at the sprawling complex ― which consists of a maximum-security prison where death row prisoners ...

A bill to requiring reporting on COVID in federal prisons is about to be filed. (Creative Commons) Marijuana Policy New National Poll Has Three-Fifths Saying Marijuana Legalization is a "Good Idea." A new national survey from Emerson College Polling has 61% of respondents saying marijuana legalization is a "good idea." The poll asked about various issues -- new pathways for citizenship, raising the minimum wage, for example -- but none had as much support as marijuana legalization. Connecticut Bill Would Require "Labor Peace" for Marijuana Businesses. A bill now before the Labor and Public Em...