US prisons were Covid hotbed, inmates died nearly 3.5 times more than those outside

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US prisons were Covid hotbed, inmates died nearly 3.5 times more than those outside

State and federal prisons emerged as hotbeds for the COVID-19 virus in the wake of its outbreak in the US as there was a heightened risk faced by incarcerated individuals. Research from the University of California, Irvine, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital highlighted the staggering toll and revealed that at the pandemic's zenith in 2020, those inside prisons were nearly three-and-a-half times more likely to have died from the virus compared to t