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COVID-19 in US prisons, jails

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Viewpoint Says: The importance of minimizing COVID-19 transmission in prisons and jails is described and policies and programs for doing so are detailed.

Authors: Laura Hawks, M.D., Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1856)

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