COVID-19 – Prisons & Surrounding Communities

Due to confined living situations, experts are highly concerned that outbreaks will prove disastrous for the prison population their surrounding rural communities. 

Prison populations that may be impacted by COVID-19

• 2.3 million inmates
• 7,000 jails

Efforts to mitigate prison outbreaks

• early release for prisoners with less than 90 days left
• non-violent inmate release
• 14 senators from both parties have written to the Justice Department requesting inmates 60+ of age, who’ve served more than 2/3 of their sentence receive home release

Triple Pundit | Prisons and Surrounding Communities at Huge Risk to COVID-19