COVID-19 is an unprecedented challenge in jails and prisons, raising stark health care rationing decisions. This project will address the bioethical challenges related to allocation of medical resources during the pandemic. The project will develop an ethical framework to decision-making processes. This will be informed by interviews with correctional clinicians and administrators and people who were incarcerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, the project will help decision-makers integrate ethical analysis into their long-term planning related to public health emergencies.
Our Grants
Rationing Behind Bars: Resource Allocation in Jails and Prisons During COVID-19
Brendan Saloner, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
Grant Type
Making a Difference
Grant Cycle
fall 2020
Duration
24 months
Amount
$246,449
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Minna Song et al., “It was like you were being literally punished for getting sick”: formerly incarcerated people’s perspectives on liberty restrictions during COVID-19, AJOB, Feb 2023
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Camille Kramer et al., COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and uptake: Perspectives from people released from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Vaccine, Feb 2023
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Brendan Saloner et al., A Human Rights Framework for Advancing the Standard of Medical Care for Incarcerated People in the United States in the Time of COVID-19, Health and Human Rights Journal, Jun 2022
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