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While prison may isolate people from the larger community, it does not isolate them from COVID-19. Scott Olson/Staff/Getty Images News

Correctional officers are driving the pandemic in prisons

Danielle Wallace, Arizona State University

New research shows correctional officers are vectors of infection, driving COVID-19 rates both inside prisons and in their communities.
Prisons around the worlds have started to reduce their population in response to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

Coronavirus in prisons: How and why to release inmates in a pandemic

Lisa Kerr, Queen's University, Ontario

Prison lawyers in Canada are scrambling to fill the gap left by federal inaction on inmate populations who are vulnerable to COVID-19. A recent case in Ontario could provide a legal precedent.

Related Topics

  1. COVID-19
  2. Criminal justice reform
  3. Mask wearing
  4. Prison
  5. Prison crowding
  6. Prisoners
  7. Prisons
  8. Solitary confinement

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