Biden Moves to Improve Public Health Conditions in Federal Prisons and Jails

President Biden instructed the Justice Department last week to take various steps over the next seven months to improve public health and conditions overall in federal jails and prisons. “For the duration of the public health emergency declared with respect to COVID-19, the attorney general shall continue to implement the core public health measures, as appropriate, of masking, distancing, testing, and vaccination in federal prisons,” the executive order stated. Besides COVID-19, the executive order has other requirements to improve confinement conditions. Learn more about the order here.