Brie Williams Publish “A Public Health Doctor and Head of Corrections Agree:  We Must Immediately Release People from Jails and Prisons”

Brie Williams, MD, MS and Leann Bertsch, JD, the Director of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, published an article in The Appeal entitled “A Public Health Doctor and Head of Corrections Agree:  We Must Immediately Release People from Jails and Prisons.”  The article illustrates how the corrections community is more closely connected to our communities than the public understands and that a COVID-19 outbreak in our jails and prisons has significant public health consequences in surrounding communities.  Dr. Williams and Director Bertsch believe by decreasing the population in these facilities the lives of incarcerated people, correctional and medical personnel, and nearby community members can be saved.