JC in the News
You can access the latest roundup of JC members in the news, appearing in outlets such as The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, NBC News, and The New York Times.
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- Baskin-Sommers 3
- Bell 10
- Betts 15
- Bozic 1
- Camacho 11
- Canales 1
- Doherty 3
- Forman Jr 21
- Goff 38
- Gohara 7
- Gripp 1
- Hinton 24
- Jackson 1
- Justice 1
- Justice Collaboratory 1
- Katsaros 3
- Kohler-Hausmann 6
- Meares 39
- Orihuela 1
- Papachristos 10
- Peyton 1
- Richeson 8
- Sarnoff 4
- Sierra-Arévalo 3
- Stanley 6
- Thomas 1
- Tyler 15
- Venkatesh 5
- Wang 7
- Weaver 8
- Yaffe 2
White people were kept out of prison during COVID. Blacks, Latinos were left behind bars.
USA Today | New research by JC members Elizabeth Hinton and Emily Wang, MD find that the historic reductions in U.S. prison populations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately benefited white people.
Yale faculty discuss the impacts of mass incarceration on health
Yale Daily News | JC member Emily Wang, M.D. was featured in an episode of the podcast Health & Veritas, about the health effects of mass incarceration on people imprisoned and their communities.
Covid News: The New York Times
The New York Times | Dr. Wang gives insight on prisoner vaccination rates.
Vaccinations are lagging at many U.S. prisons, where major virus outbreaks have been common.
The New York Times | This article quotes Emily Wang on the difficulty of gauging prison vaccination rates due to transferred inmates and lack of reporting from state prison systems.
The Case for Prioritizing COVID-19 Vaccines in Prisons and Jails
The Appeal | In this op-ed, Emily Wang makes the case that we must prioritize vaccinating incarcerated people and correctional officers.
Prisons Are Releasing People Without COVID-19 Tests Or Quarantines
The Marshall Project | This article quoted research from Emily Wang which showed that services like housing, healthcare and financial assistance are essential to minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19 between prisons and the wider community.
Coronavirus: US death toll tops 300,000 — as it happened
The Financial Times | In this article, Emily Wang states that COVID-19 outbreaks in prison affect staff and the wider community, not just incarcerated individuals.