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As the coronavirus rages in prisons, ethical issues of crime and punishment become more compelling

  • Written by Austin Sarat, Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty and Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
As the coronavirus rages in prisons, ethical issues of crime and punishment become more compellingA 1970 image of prisoners in cell blocks at Rikers Island Prison.Bettmann / Contributor/Bettmann via Getty Images

Across the United States, prisons and jails have become hot spots for COVID-19. Governments at the state and federal level are being pressed to release inmates before the end of their sentence in order to minimize the spread of the...

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