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cord-300777-6u6nqv2f	Oladeru, Oluwadamilola T.	A call to protect patients, correctional staff and healthcare professionals in jails and prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic	2020-07-02		.txt	text/plain	1375	79	48	This editorial describes why surge planning in the community must account for potential infection outbreaks in jails and prisons, and why incarcerated people and those in contact with them, including over 450,000 correctional officers and thousands of healthcare staff working in prisons, are at significant risk of COVID-19 exposure. We then explain how our nation's jails and prisons will continue to serve as breeding grounds for devastating COVID-19 outcomes and offer specific guidance and a call to action for the immediate development of correctional healthcare strategies designed to protect the health and safety of patients and correctional and healthcare staff and the communities in which they are situated. We have witnessed the beginnings of such devastation in prison and jail facilities across the U.S. One recent example is Marion County Correctional Institution which has reported that approximately three-quarters of its total incarcerated population (more than 2000 individuals) has tested positive for COVID-19 (Chappell & Pfleger, 2020) .	./cache/cord-300777-6u6nqv2f.txt	./txt/cord-300777-6u6nqv2f.txt