[Correspondence] Inclusion of incarcerated individuals in wildfire exposure registries

One year after wildfires tore through Los Angeles in January 2025, public health experts continue to examine the effects of this major wildland–urban interface (WUI) event on surrounding medically vulnerable communities.1 These are communities characterized by disproportionate exposure to poor air quality, elevated burdens of chronic illness, limited access to medical care, and a constrained ability to evacuate. Such vulnerabilities are heightened within jails and prisons, and yet the carceral population has been largely excluded from scrutiny despite their WUI fire exposure in the region.