Jails Are Coronavirus Hotbeds. How Many People Should Be Released To Slow The Spread?

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. […]