Health Equity

Why isn’t routine Covid-19 testing happening in prisons and immigrant detention centers?

Abstract: Mass Covid-19 testing, recommended for congregate housing, isn't being done in correctional facilities or immigration detention centers.

Publication: STAT

Date Published: October 27, 2020

Author(s): Parsa Erfani, Caroline Lee, and Nishant Uppal

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This analysis of California’s state budget from 2007 to 2018 finds that to ensure the long-term health of the state, California needs to eliminate health care waste and direct the savings toward increased funding for programs that improve community conditions—like public education, public health, housing assistance, food assistance, and income support.