Jails Are Coronavirus Hotbeds. How Many People Should Be Released To Slow The Spread?
This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, epidemiologists warned that jails and prisons would be breeding grounds for infectious disease, thanks to their densely packed populations and uncertain access to hygiene products and medical care. […]