Prisoners three times more likely to die from Covid than general population, research suggests

Prisoners three times more likely to die from Covid than general population, research suggests
May Bulman
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Prisoners are three times as likely to die from coronavirus as the general population and should be prioritised in the vaccine roll-out, according to academic researchers.
There were 118 deaths related to Covid-19 among people in prisons in England and Wales between March 2020 and February 2021. This represents a risk of dying 3.3 times higher than that of people of the same age and sex in the community, according to a research team at University College London (UCL).
UCL’s study compared the higher deaths rates in prisons with that of the general population, accounting for the age and sex structure of people in prisons.

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