Presentation Title
Prison, Punishment, and Premature Death: Group-differentiated Health Impacts of Incarceration during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. correctional and detention facilities were vulnerable to the spread of disease, leaving people incarcerated within these facilities particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. This project explores how the U.S. carceral system creates, reifies, intensifies and reflects health inequities in broader society by asking: How does COVID-19 illuminate the collateral health consequences of carceral punishment? What was the impact of COVID-19 on incarcerated individuals? and What does that mean in relation to disproportionate health effects within correctional facilities? With a case study of Vermont correctional facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, this project uses a mixed-methods approach including a series of in-depth interviews with Vermont prison staff to explore the collateral health consequences of carceral punishment.
Primary Faculty Mentor Name
Professor Pablo Bose
Status
Undergraduate
Student College
College of Arts and Sciences
Second Student College
Honors College
Program/Major
Global Studies
Second Program/Major
Sociology
Primary Research Category
Arts & Humanities
Prison, Punishment, and Premature Death: Group-differentiated Health Impacts of Incarceration during the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. correctional and detention facilities were vulnerable to the spread of disease, leaving people incarcerated within these facilities particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. This project explores how the U.S. carceral system creates, reifies, intensifies and reflects health inequities in broader society by asking: How does COVID-19 illuminate the collateral health consequences of carceral punishment? What was the impact of COVID-19 on incarcerated individuals? and What does that mean in relation to disproportionate health effects within correctional facilities? With a case study of Vermont correctional facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, this project uses a mixed-methods approach including a series of in-depth interviews with Vermont prison staff to explore the collateral health consequences of carceral punishment.