Read more: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/01/latin-america-cut-prison-crowding-fight-covid-19
In March, inmates in detention facilities in several Latin American countries rose up to protest a lack of protective measures against COVID-19 and efforts to lock them down. The unsanitary, overcrowded prisons and juvenile detention centers in many Latin American and Caribbean countries offer prime conditions for outbreaks of the disease COVID-19 that could severely impact the health of detainees and of the population at large.
More HRW reporting on COVID-19: https://www.hrw.org/tag/coronavirus
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