COVID-19: The Additional Sentence for the Incarcerated

Incarcerated people are one of the most vulnerable populations during the coronavirus pandemic. There are varying perspectives regarding how to address the health care barriers seen in this population. Some individuals and organizations advocate for a mandatory release of the incarcerated who are no...

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Autores principales: Otugo, Onyeka, Wages, Brooke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2020
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7526728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33015519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2020.0017
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description Incarcerated people are one of the most vulnerable populations during the coronavirus pandemic. There are varying perspectives regarding how to address the health care barriers seen in this population. Some individuals and organizations advocate for a mandatory release of the incarcerated who are not deemed a risk to the general population, whereas others advocate for improving health care in jails and prisons. This article highlights the importance of addressing access to care issues, overcrowding, societal implications, and access to hygienics for the incarcerated during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and solutions forward.
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spelling pubmed-75267282020-10-01 COVID-19: The Additional Sentence for the Incarcerated Otugo, Onyeka Wages, Brooke Health Equity Perspective Incarcerated people are one of the most vulnerable populations during the coronavirus pandemic. There are varying perspectives regarding how to address the health care barriers seen in this population. Some individuals and organizations advocate for a mandatory release of the incarcerated who are not deemed a risk to the general population, whereas others advocate for improving health care in jails and prisons. This article highlights the importance of addressing access to care issues, overcrowding, societal implications, and access to hygienics for the incarcerated during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and solutions forward. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2020-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7526728/ /pubmed/33015519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2020.0017 Text en © Onyeka Otugo and Brooke Wages 2020; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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