COVID-19 and Australian Prisons: Human Rights, Risks, and Responses.

Cameron StewartGeorge F TomossyScott LamontScott Brunero

Published in: Journal of bioethical inquiry (2020)

Australian prisons are overpopulated with people suffering from numerous health problems. COVID-19 presents a significant threat to prisoner health. This article examines the current regulatory responses from Australian state and territory governments to COVID-19 and a recent case which tested the human rights of prisoners during a pandemic.

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