The Carolina Public Press features Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD, CHER Faculty, on “UPDATED: Coronavirus raises health, legal concerns for NC jails.”

UPDATED: Coronavirus raises health, legal concerns for NC jails

Learn how Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD, CHER Faculty talks about how COVID-19 is affecting North Carolina jails, and the legal concerns that follow.

‘According to Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine and faculty member of the UNC Center for Health Equity Research, jails are an important site for public health intervention because if the virus gets into a jail, it could quickly spread through the population and into the community.’

Read the full article here or https://carolinapublicpress.org/30039/coronavirus-raises-health-legal-concerns-for-nc-jails/