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Mass Incarceration, Meet COVID-19 Opportunity to release prisoners with little public safety risk is clear

Loaded on May 1, 2020 by Sharon Dolovich published in Prison Legal News May, 2020, page 46
Filed under: COVID-19. Location: United States of America.

by Sharon Dolovich

Most of America’s 2.3 million prisoners cannot practice social distancing. They are packed into overcrowded facilities, living, sleeping and bathing within feet—sometimes inches—of each other. What’s more, they often lack sufficient basics, including soap, warm water and clean towels, let alone hand sanitizer. Unless radical action is ...

 

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