The COVID-19 pandemic has affected both the incarcerated and their families. In some jurisdictions, inmates are being vaccinated and then released from prison. The link below is to an interesting and relevant article which appeared recently in the New England Journal of Medicine.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2100609
On a far more personal level, a friend became COVID-19 positive last year after becoming incarcerated, and it was a struggle to balance this individual’s unique situation – mentally ill, and who had years earlier sustained a permanent head injury after a workplace construction accident. This person is now back home and living with relatives.
RoxanneAdams 