COVID-19 cases and testing in 53 prison systems

Health & Justice

Table 1 COVID-19 Outcomes of Incarcerated People Compared to the General Population

State	Tests per 1000		Positive Cases per 1000		Fatalities per 1000 Cases		Test Positivity Rate (%)
State	General Population	Prison Population	General Population	Prison Population	General Population	Prison Population	General Population	Prison Population
Alabama	110	21	12	5	21	9	11	24
Alaska	213	400	2	2	10		1	0
Arizona	101	109	18	14	19	2	18	13
Arkansas	131	406	10	149	11		8	37
California	147	443	9	55	21	1	6	12
Colorado	71	357	7	36	46	0	9	10
Connecticut	169		13	122	92	1	8
Delaware	147		13	55	40	3	9
Florida	127	308	14	28	15	1	11	9
Georgia	109		12	15	24	3	11
Hawaii	69	6	1	0	17	0	1	0
Idaho	75	180	7	76	9		9	42
Illinois	164	24	12	9	47	4	8	37
Indiana	87	79	8	27	52	3	9	35
Iowa	123	450	12	25	21	0	9	6
Kansas	82		7	93	15	0	9
Kentucky	103		5	29	31	1	5
Louisiana	215	55	18	22	41	2	8	41
Maine	95	588	3	2	32		3	0
Maryland	112	1024	12	34	45	1	11	3
Massachusetts	143	1010	16	54	74	2	11	5
Michigan	137	1017	8	103	80	2	6	10
Minnesota	140	1531	8	39	36	1	6	3
Mississippi	120	15	13	5	33	1	11	31
Missouri	84	618	5	10	37	0	6	2
Montana	116	404	2	0	16		2	0
Nebraska	114	162	11	1	13		10	1
Nevada	118		10	1	20		8
New Hampshire	101	17	4	0	64		4	2
New Jersey	196	714	20	159	89	2	10	22
New Mexico	205	218	8	24	35	1	4	11
New York	249	99	21	13	80	3	8	13
North Carolina	122	268	9	32	17	1	7	12
North Dakota	166		6	5	19	0	4
Ohio	91	346	6	105	44	2	7	30
Oklahoma	113	164	6	0	19		5	0
Oregon	72	112	3	22	19	0	4	20
Pennsylvania	76	154	8	6	68	4	10	4
Puerto Rico^a	64		3	0	16		5
Rhode Island	166	701	17	10	56	0	10	1
South Carolina	102		12	31	16	1	12
South Dakota	106	33	9	1	15	0	8	3
Tennessee	161	894	10	122	11	0	6	14
Texas	91	912	10	80	12	1	11	9
Utah	135	87	10	1	8	0	7	1
Vermont	126	1031	2	34	42		2	3
Virginia	99		9	42	27	1	9
Washington	94	156	6	15	33	1	6	9
West Virginia	122	771	3	19	22		2	2
Wisconsin	125	1068	7	13	21		6	1
Wyoming	74		3	0	11		5
BOP		172		52		11		30
ICE^b		607		157		1		26

^a Puerto Rico general population data is from the same census source as all general population data; Puerto Rico prison population data is from The Bureau of Justice Statistics in 2012, available at: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=144). The prison population in 2012 was 12,244.
^b Immigrantion and Customs Enforcement population data is available at: https://www.ice.gov/detention-management). The population as of July 11, 2020 was 22,340.

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