The origins of Covid-19’s racial disparities lie in America’s prisons

The origins of Covid-19’s racial disparities lie in America’s prisons

Quartz - Latest stories·2021-06-15 16:00

The US recorded one of the world’s largest Covid-19 outbreaks in relation to its population, with about 10% of Americans contracted the disease, far more than the global average of 2.2%. But in its prisons, that percentage was nearly four times higher: through April 1, at least 39% of the incarcerated population in the US had been infected.

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