"Governments Have Failed to Protect the Incarcerated During Pandemic" by Adelina Iftene

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Governments Have Failed to Protect the Incarcerated During Pandemic

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Adelina Iftene, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law

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News Article

Publication Date

9-4-2020

Keywords

Incarceration,
pandemic,
COVID-19,
public health,
inmate protection

Disciplines

Criminal Law,
Health Law and Policy,
Human Rights Law,
Law and Politics and
Law Enforcement and Corrections

Abstract

Inmates have died because of COVID-19, despite many early warnings to take action. Canada must learn from its failures and enact sweeping re-forms.

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Adelina Iftene, “Governments have failed to protect the incarcerated during pandemic” (4 September 2020), online: Policy Options < https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/september-2020/governments-have-failed-to-protect-the-incarcerated-during-pandemic/ > [perma.cc/EPA6-WGCS].