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. 2022 May 20;17(5):e0268866. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268866

Table 3. Estimates of COVID-19 mortality for people in prison relative to the general population, controlling for age and sex, in studies included in a systematic review on the health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who experience imprisonmenta.

Indicator Location Period and demographic group Point estimate
COVID-19 standardized mortality ratio US prisons [70] April 25, 2020 week 1.2
May 2, 2020 week 1.6
May 9, 2020 week 2.0
May 16, 2020 week 2.1
May 23, 2020 week 2.2
May 30, 2020 week 2.3
June 6, 2020 week 2.4
June 13, 2020 week 2.4
June 20, 2020 week 2.5
June 27, 2020 week 2.6
July 4, 2020 week 2.7
July 11, 2020 week 2.8
US federal prisons [40] February to September 2020 All 2.6
Males 2.5
Females 4.6
Texas carceral settings [36] April 2020-March 2021 Black 25.4
Hispanic 33.2
White 16.4
COVID-19 relative mortality rate US federal and state prisons [39] March-June 2020 3.0

aData for the same prisons and time period may have been included in multiple studies.