The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Prison Overcrowding in Jamaica

In 2019, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, one of Jamaica’s two maximum-security centers for men, was operating at 94.5% above its ideal capacity of 850. The extent to which the Jamaican state took steps to facilitate decarceration during this period rema...

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Main Author: Leslie, Dacia L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Victims & offenders
Year: 2025, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 211-254
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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