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Demanding Decarceration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Safety in Jails is Public Safety

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Demanding Decarceration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Safety in Jails is Public Safety

Stefanie Mundhenk and Emily M. Croucher

April 17, 2020 01:00:06 am

In a time where people are getting seriously ill and dying (and not from a zombie apocalypse), society is faced with the moral question of whether we should release individuals from jails so that we can protect them from contracting, and dying from, COVID-19. It is no secret that jails are a hotspot for COVID-19 [...]

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