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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Replying to @chesaboudin
Yes - Correctional health = Public health thanks
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Replying to @briewsf @chesaboudin
I'm struggling to understand the connection, please explain what you mean
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Ex.:“The problem doesn’t affect just prisoners; it’s a public health concern as well. In recent years...in HIV has been “treatment as prevention”-people whose HIV is well-controlled are substantially less likely to infect others.” Marshall Project in Kaiser Health News 2016
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No offense, but that last statement makes no sense. By releasing prisoners, who are in de facto quarantine in prison, into the general public, doesn't that increase risk of exposure to them? What about the risk to safety of the general public these inmates pose?
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Replying to @StephenMPinto @6dm4 and
I have a hard time believing that it's impossible to achieve recommended social distancing in our prison, especially when our prisons have adequate space. I don't buy the fact that reasonable mitigation measures can't be taken. I'm just not convinced yet. Perhaps I'm wrong?
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That’s the issue. “Adequate spacing” is the issue - overcrowding is the norm in the penal system. There has been MANY articles and docs on this issue. The resources of prevention are out-of-system not in-system, that is until needed changes are instituted in the system.
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Absolutely correct. They use national statistics/ talking points and try to apply locally .
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