Criminology & Criminal Justice

Updated information is available through the ACLU managed site: “Tracking COVID-19 in Massachusetts Prisons and Jails.” We are also documenting deaths, information that is not available through the ACLU tracker.

Jails confine nearly one-third of incarcerated individuals, but data on COVID-19 in jails are limited. However, Massachusetts reports data on COVID-19 in both county jails and state prisons. We describe the COVID-19 burden in these settings and its association with decarceration and testing rates.