The Constitution requires us to protect people in prisons from diseases like Covid-19. Courts have ruled over and over that we need to protect people in prisons from unsafe, life threatening conditions.https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/insight-protecting-prisoners-in-pandemics-is-a-constitutional-must …
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Would you release ones who are a flight risk? In US, you have the right to a speedy trial. In China, ruffle too many feathers, and you might just disappear. You wouldn't be counted as an inmate. In Latin America, excessive pretrial is a huge problemhttps://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/mapping-latin-americas-pretrial-detention-populations/ …
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Yes we can improve our prison systems. I'd support investment that further speeds up the trial process to minimize pre-trial detention. I'd support investment in anti-recidivism programs. But Latin American prisons are a total shit show. And statistics don't tell the entire story
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