COVID-19 Outbreaks at Correctional Facilities Demand a Health Equity Approach to Criminal Justice Reform

Daniel Alohan^#^{1

2}, Michele Calvo^#³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
² New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
³ New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. mcalvo@nyam.org.

^# Contributed equally.

Editorial

Daniel Alohan et al. J Urban Health. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;97(3):342-347.

doi: 10.1007/s11524-020-00459-1.

Daniel Alohan^#^{1

2}, Michele Calvo^#³

¹ Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
² New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
³ New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. mcalvo@nyam.org.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

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