2024
“It’s just us sitting there for 23 hours like we done something wrong”: Isolation, incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic
Rosenberg A, Puglisi L, Thomas K, Halberstam A, Martin R, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Wang E. “It’s just us sitting there for 23 hours like we done something wrong”: Isolation, incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0297518. PMID: 38354166, PMCID: PMC10866499, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncarcerated peopleCarceral settingsUnited States prisonsState prisonsMedical isolationCOVID-19 pandemicJailPrisonIsolation policyUnited StatesSocial relationshipsCOVID-19PolicyMental healthSocial contactPeopleIncarcerationPunishmentNegative impactFacility leadershipPandemicUnitsDiverse locationsEmploymentResults long term
2023
COVID-19 vaccine deliberation in individuals directly impacted by incarceration
Kim C, Aminawung J, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Wang E, Puglisi L. COVID-19 vaccine deliberation in individuals directly impacted by incarceration. Vaccine 2023, 41: 3475-3480. PMID: 37127524, PMCID: PMC10130327, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.04.068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCriminal legal systemLegal systemCommunities of colorMass incarcerationPolitical toolStructural barriersCommunity membersRepresentative surveyVaccine outreachDeliberationIncarcerationClose friendsFamily membersFuture pandemicsPrisonDistrustCOVID-19JailMembersCommunityOutreachFearFriendsPandemicIndividuals
2021
Twitter-based analysis reveals differential COVID-19 concerns across areas with socioeconomic disparities
Su Y, Venkat A, Yadav Y, Puglisi LB, Fodeh SJ. Twitter-based analysis reveals differential COVID-19 concerns across areas with socioeconomic disparities. Computers In Biology And Medicine 2021, 132: 104336. PMID: 33761419, PMCID: PMC9159205, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArea Deprivation IndexEffectiveness of interventions to reduce COVID-19 transmission in a large urban jail: a model-based analysis
Malloy GSP, Puglisi L, Brandeau ML, Harvey TD, Wang EA. Effectiveness of interventions to reduce COVID-19 transmission in a large urban jail: a model-based analysis. BMJ Open 2021, 11: e042898. PMID: 33597139, PMCID: PMC7893212, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042898.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 transmissionAsymptomatic testingStandard public health measuresUS jailsDynamic transmission modelCOVID-19Public health measuresEffectiveness of interventionsProportion of peopleLarge urban jailAsymptomatic populationNational guidelinesNew casesHealth measuresIntervention phaseUrban jailInterventionHospitalisationBasic reproduction ratioCorrectional settingsDeathIncarcerated individualsJail populationReproduction ratioAdditional measures
2020
Estimation of COVID-19 basic reproduction ratio in a large urban jail in the United States
Puglisi LB, Malloy GSP, Harvey TD, Brandeau ML, Wang EA. Estimation of COVID-19 basic reproduction ratio in a large urban jail in the United States. Annals Of Epidemiology 2020, 53: 103-105. PMID: 32919033, PMCID: PMC7480336, DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research