In May 2022, NHF partnered with Chicago Votes to deliver and distribute 29,000, 16oz bottles of hand sanitizer to the Illinois Department of Corrections. During the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, prisons and correctional facilities were considered to be high-risk environments due to their confined spaces and close living quarters. Inmates and prison staff had a higher risk of exposure to the virus, and there were outbreaks reported in various prisons throughout the United States.
