US doctors demand immediate release of prisoners and detainees to avert disaster...

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As doctors and medical workers across the US raise the alarm about the coronavirus’s risk to prison populations, thousands of medics have signed an open letter calling upon the immigration authorities to release individuals and families from detention.

The letter, which at the time of writing had been signed by more than 3,000 people, is addressed to the director of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In it, the undersigned medics implore the ICE “to release individuals and families from immigration detention while their legal cases are being processed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate the harm of an outbreak”.
https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-us-doctors-demand-immediate-093956554.html

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US jails begin releasing prisoners to stem Covid-19 infections

BBCMarch 19, 2020
US jails are to let out inmates as cases of coronavirus infections are being reported in prisons.

New York City is releasing "vulnerable" prisoners, the mayor said on Wednesday, days after Los Angeles and Cleveland freed hundreds of inmates.

Prison reform advocates say those in jail are at higher risk of catching and passing on Covid-19.

There have been more than 9,400 cases of Covid-19 and 152 deaths in the US so far, according to estimates.

(I say let the prisoners who get infected and infect others stay right where they are!....this is absurd to release them so they can push higher crime rates everywhere whether they are reformed or not)
 

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I know visits to prisons have been suspended because it is believed that if the virus got into a prison it could kill a lot of people, but I haven't heard anyone talking about letting prisoners out of prison.
 
Oh great, lets let felons out on the streets.

Choice between letting none violent prisoners out, or facing the prospect of the virus getting in, and expecting the authorities, and prison officers to somehow cope with an outbreak of infection they can't control or avoid infecting themselves into the bargain.

Unprecedented times, and perhaps the whole world turned upside down before this is over, (nearly there now by some measures).
 
we have the same here also ….I do hope who they let out have been tested before release !!
so what happens when the child killers or rapist get it 'do we let these people go too ???
it's a hard issue to adapt too - but it will have to be priority ' just seems more to worry over !!!!!!
 
we have the same here also ….I do hope who they let out have been tested before release !!
so what happens when the child killers or rapist get it 'do we let these people go too ???
it's a hard issue to adapt too - but it will have to be priority ' just seems more to worry over !!!!!!

I would hope they're not letting everybody out. From what I've heard it's just non violent types. The local police are not making arrests for crimes here ,either. I'm sure they would for murder, but not other crimes. Interesting times.
 

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