COVID-19 Testing Lags in Prisons and Jails

This story, the second on incarcerated individuals, is part of a MedPage Today series examining the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations. Previous reports focused on the homeless, immigrants in detention, the undocumented, nursing home residents, and African Americans.

COVID-19 deaths in jails and prisons have spiked in several facilities across the country. Some of these facilities have implemented mass testing, but other correctional "hotspots" have done little surveillance.