Spread of COVID-19: Adult Detention Facilities in LA County

TL;DR

This study investigates COVID-19 spread in LA County adult detention centers, analyzing data on positive cases, testing rates, and community correlation to inform health protocols and testing adequacy.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of COVID-19 case distribution in detention centers, highlighting testing limitations and lack of correlation with surrounding community cases.

Findings

No correlation between facility cases and community cases

Data does not capture all positive cases in facilities

Testing at detention centers is insufficient

Abstract

We analyze the spread of COVID-19 cases within adult detention facilities in Los Angeles (LA) county. Throughout the analysis we review the data to explore the range of positive cases in each center and see the percentage of people who were positive for COVID-19 against the amount of people who were tested. Additionally, we see if there is any correlation between the surrounding community of each detention center and the number of positive cases in each center and explore the protocols in place at each detention center. We use the cloud visualization tool SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) with the data from the California government website through adult detention facilities in LA County. We found that (1) the number of confirmed cases at the facilities and the surrounding communities are not related, (2) the data does not represent all positive cases at the facility, and (3) there are not enough tests at the facilities.