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    This document summarizes research analyzing the relationship between state department of corrections (DOC) funding and COVID-19 presence in correctional facilities across six U.S. states. The research found that as DOC funding increased, overall positive COVID-19 cases, recovery rates, and deaths within facilities also increased. However, the analysis was limited by a small sample size of six states. Expanding the research to include more states and additional variables could provide further insights.

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    This document summarizes research analyzing the relationship between state department of corrections (DOC) funding and COVID-19 presence in correctional facilities across six U.S. states. The research found that as DOC funding increased, overall positive COVID-19 cases, recovery rates, and deaths within facilities also increased. However, the analysis was limited by a small sample size of six states. Expanding the research to include more states and additional variables could provide further insights.

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    COVID Impact on

    Prisons
    By: Bhavana Chamarthi
    COVID in Facilities
    *correctional facilities = prisons, halfway houses, etc

    - Inmates → released from facilities


    - temporary house confinement
    - other housing options

    - Employees → still work to run facilities


    - **essential employees**
    - impact spread of COVID
    - Department of Corrections (DOC)
    - funds all public, state-owned prisons
    - in all states
    QUESTION
    How does DOC funding ANSWER
    impact the presence of COVID
    within correctional facilities?
    Well… data visualization + a lot
    of google searches! :)
    METHODS

    1 2 3
    Analyze COVID present in Analyze COVID present in Record amount of $$
    facilities each state budgeted for DOC

    FACILITY STATS STATE STATS FUNDING STATS


    From each state’s DOC From CDC database From each state’s official
    website (COVID + health-related Budget Report for FY:
    deaths in each county) 2019-2020
    CHOOSING THE SAMPLE

    Size
    Diverse in population size

    Political Affiliation
    3 Democratic, 3 Republican

    Incarceration Rates
    Varied by inmate population

    COVID Zones
    Picked from hot zones + “colder” zones
    SAMPLE REVEAL!

    New Jersey Georgia


    VARIABLES STUDIED:

    - Total Positive Cases


    - Total COVID Deaths
    New York Texas - Total Recovered
    Cases

    California Alabama
    How? DEMO
    HTML Live demo here :)
    CSS + Flexbox + Bootstrap
    JavaScript + jQuery Click here:
    Pandas/Numpy/Seaborn/Plotly/SkLearn/Matplotlib https://covidinprisons.he
    rokuapp.com
    GRAPHS

    % Breakdown - Facilities
    - 3 R states had larger
    positive cases
    - Low death count
    overall
    - 3 D states had larger
    recovery rates
    - COVID hot + cold
    zones weren’t
    influential
    GRAPHS

    COVID + Health - States


    - COVID hot + cold
    zones are apparent
    - Large states = More
    Cases

    **other → not confirmed


    to be COVID, but could be
    tied to symptoms
    commonly displayed by
    COVID patients
    GRAPHS

    DOC Funding - State


    - Varied across the
    board
    - California + Texas
    have highest
    incarceration rates

    **all displayed values


    are in $M
    REGRESSION

    Avg Input: $4000-5000 Million Somewhat linear? 2 outliers…


    REGRESSION

    Same idea for these graphs...


    PREDICTIVE MODEL
    Input: DOC Funding → to predict # of Recovered Cases
    REGRESSION
    Input: DOC Funding → to predict # of Positive Tests
    REGRESSION
    Input: DOC Funding → to predict # of COVID Deaths
    But with K-Values... to accommodate for outliers…
    CONCLUSIONS

    1 2 3
    As DOC funding increased, Political party can have an State policy + timing (halt
    the overall positive cases, affect how inmates + inmate transfers, and limit
    recovery rates, and deaths employees react/are visitations) greatly
    increased. subjected to the virus affected COVID presence
    REFLECTION
    only 6 data points, but model
    1
    predicted the general trend

    2 improve website +
    include more graphs + expand dataset to
    visualization all 50 states
    3

    study crime rates after


    4 inmates were released
    during quarantine
    Examine additional variables
    5 + expand research overall
    THANK YOU
    :)
    Contact for any more questions:
    @brchamarthi29@gmail.com

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