Latin America’s prisons pose major COVID-19 risks

Overcrowding and filthy conditions could turn prisons into hotbeds of COVID-19 transmission

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  • COVID-19 and prisons
  • Prisoner releases
  • Pre-trial detention and hardline strategies

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