Human Rights Watch: COVID-19 Prisoner Releases Too Few, Too Slow
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020
NEW YORK, May 27 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
Governments are releasing from jails and prisons far too few people whose continued detention in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic is not justified, Human Rights Watch said, based on a global media survey. Available data indicates that the virus is spreading rapidly through jails and prisons, putting detainees, staff, and their families at unacceptable risk.
Globally, abusive laws that criminal . . .
Governments are releasing from jails and prisons far too few people whose continued detention in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic is not justified, Human Rights Watch said, based on a global media survey. Available data indicates that the virus is spreading rapidly through jails and prisons, putting detainees, staff, and their families at unacceptable risk.
Globally, abusive laws that criminal . . .