“The COVID-19 Murders”: Prison death-worlds and the fatal convenience of crisis

Since the eruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. correctional facilities have reported more than half a million positive cases and nearly 3000 deaths. The carceral regime's unconscionable response to COVID-19 has been accepted as a mere “failure” by observers. We question this reading given th...

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Autores principales: Lackey, Dalton J (Autor) ; Loblack, Angelica C (Autor) ; Murphy, Teagan H (Autor) ; Foltz, Katelyn E (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2025
En: Punishment & society
Año: 2025, Volumen: 27, Número: 3, Páginas: 618-636
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