Mass arrests and overcrowded prisons in El Salvador spark fear of coronavirus crisis
- Written by Miranda Cady Hallett, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Human Rights Center Research Fellow, University of Dayton
Even before COVID-19, El Salvador's prisons were contagious disease hotspots. Here, MS-13 gang members with tuberculosis at Chalatenango prison, March 29, 2019.Marvin Recinos/AFP via Getty ImagesGovernments around the world, from Brazil to the United States, are releasing some prisoners in an effort to reduce COVID-19 outbreaks in overcrowded...
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