TABLE 1—
Prison Systems Reporting COVID-19 Data With Demographic Information, as of October 14, 2020: Massachusetts, Vermont, Tennessee, and Washington
| State | Data Quality | % of Population | % of Those Tested | % of COVID Cases | Test Positivity |
| Vermonta | Most comprehensive; universal testing | Black: 8.6 | Black: 7.7 | Black: 16.4 | Black: 6.0 |
| White: 86.7 | White: 86.7 | White: 80.0 | White: 2.6 | ||
| Tennessee | 80.6% unknown race; universal testing; data only for testing | Black: 42.3 | Black: 38.4b | NA | NA |
| Latino: 2.1 | Latinx: 2.1 | ||||
| White: 55.1 | White: 59.2 | ||||
| Massachusetts | Reporting data only for testing; universal testing; not cumulative | Black: 28.1 | NA | NA | NA |
| Latino: 26.4 | |||||
| White: 42.2 | |||||
| Washington | Only for cases; 31.6% of prison population tested | Black: 17.8 | NA | Black: 14.5 | NA |
| Latino: 14.6 | Latino: 15.5 | ||||
| White: 69.5 | White: 71.6 |
Note. NA = not available.
Source. VT data accessed from https://doc.vermont.gov/covid-19-information-page; TN data accessed from https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/correction/documents/TDOCInmatesCOVID19.pdf; MA data accessed from https://www.mass.gov/info-details/doc-covid-19-inmate-dashboard; WA data accessed from https://www.doc.wa.gov/corrections/covid-19/data.htm#demographics.
a
Among those housed in-state.
b
Excludes unknown.