Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics' Impact of COVID-19 on State and Federal Prisons, Appendix Table 7. (Graph: Emily Widra, 2022)
This graph originally appeared in New data confirms that prisons neglected COVID-19 mitigation strategies, putting public health at risk.
Missouri did not report this data to the Bureau of Justice Statistics and is therefore not included.
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