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October 2009, Vol 99, No. S2 | American Journal of Public Health S339-S344
© 2009 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.175174

ANALYTIC ESSAY FORUMS

Pandemic Influenza and Jail Facilities and Populations

Laura M. Maruschak, MA, William J. Sabol, PhD, R. H. Potter, PhD, Laurie C. Reid, MS, RN and Emily W. Cramer, MS

Laura Maruschak and William Sabol are with the Bureau of Justice Statistics, United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC. R. H. Potter is with the Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. Laurie Reid is with the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Emily Cramer is a contractor with McKing Consulting Corporation working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.

Correspondence: Correspondence should be sent to Laurie C. Reid, MS RN, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS D-21, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30024 (e-mail: axu2{at}cdc.gov).

Persons processed into and through jail facilities in the United States may be particularly vulnerable during an influenza pandemic. Among other concerns, public health and corrections officials need to consider flow issues, the high turnover and transitions between jails and the community, and the decentralized organization of jails. In this article, we examine some of the unique challenges jail facilities may face during an influenza pandemic and discuss issues that should be addressed to reduce the spread of illness and lessen the impact of an influenza pandemic on the jail population and their surrounding communities.






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