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Advocates for the Incarcerated Call for More Early Releases Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:28:45
Publish Date: 2020-04-10 11:30:00
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Thousands of incarcerated people in California will be released early to avoid the spread of coronavirus, but some prisoner advocates say more inmates should be sent home and at a faster rate. Advocates fear that overcrowded state prisons and local jails could be the sites of the next major COVID 19 outbreak. Nonetheless, letting inmates go home — if they have a home to go home to — is not so simple, justice system officials say. We examine the challenges facing inmates and correctional facilities during the coronavirus pandemic.
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