COVID-19 testing

News January 19

Prisons Are Releasing People Without COVID-19 Tests Or Quarantines

People getting out of prison are bringing the virus outside because lockups aren’t taking basic precautions. Overtaxed halfway houses and other reentry programs are left to pick up the slack.

By Nicole Lewis AND Beth Schwartzapfel

Coronavirus December 18, 2020

1 in 5 Prisoners in the U.S. Has Had COVID-19

Even as the first Americans begin to receive vaccines, the spread of coronavirus behind bars shows no sign of slowing.

By Beth Schwartzapfel, Katie Park and Andrew Demillo

Life Inside October 29

Lax Masking, Short Quarantines, Ignored Symptoms: Inside a Prison Coronavirus Outbreak in ‘Disbeliever Country.’

The latest COVID-19 surge is happening behind bars, too. Here’s three accounts from an upstate New York prison hit by the pandemic.

By Jermaine Archer, Cecil Myers and Eric Manners as told to Lisa Armstrong

Feature August 13

‘Con Air’ Is Spreading COVID-19 All Over the Federal Prison System

U.S. Marshals are transporting prisoners without testing them for coronavirus

By Keegan Hamilton AND Keri Blakinger

Coronavirus June 1

What COVID-19 Prison Outbreaks Could Teach Us About Herd Immunity

Prisons turn out to be a key place to study how coronavirus spreads and how immunity to it works.

By Jamiles Lartey

Coronavirus April 24

Tracking the Spread of Coronavirus in Prisons

A new Marshall Project effort has collected data on the prevalence of COVID-19 among prisoners and prison staff. Here's what we know after one month of reporting.

By Katie Park, Tom Meagher and Weihua Li