We Must Decarcerate Across the Country, Then Fix the Prison System

Authors

Adelina Iftene, Dalhousie University Schulich School of LawFollow

Document Type

News Article

Publication Date

4-20-2020

Keywords

public health, prison health, penal law and policy, COVID-19, decarceration, prison reform

Abstract

COVID-19 is a match in a tinderbox created by years of overcrowding in appalling conditions in our prisons. We have a responsibility to do better.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Adelina Iftene, “We must decarcerate across the country, then fix the prison system” (20 April 2020), online: Policy Options < https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/april-2020/we-must-decarcerate-across-the-country-then-fix-the-prison-system/ > [perma.cc/8LC5-A242].