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Life sentences? Prisons and covid-19

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The Overcrowded Crisis: Prisons and the COVID-19 Pandemic

This chapter examines the challenges faced by prisons amid the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on overcrowding and the recommendations for releasing vulnerable inmates. It highlights the heightened anxiety among both inmates and staff, alongside historical parallels to past pandemics affecting prison systems.

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