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The Impact of the Pandemic on Incarcerated Population and the Criminal Justice System
This chapter explores how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the incarcerated population and the criminal justice system. It discusses the initial decline in incarceration rates, the current return to pre-pandemic levels, the rise of electronic monitoring, and the resurgence of punitive attitudes in politics, media, and society.