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Locked Up and Left Behind: Addressing Cruel and Unusual Punishments among Senior Inmates during COVID-19 across US Prisons.

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  • المؤلفون: Salebaigi S;Salebaigi S
  • المصدر:
    Health and human rights [Health Hum Rights] 2023 Dec; Vol. 25 (2), pp. 91-102.
  • نوع النشر :
    Journal Article
  • اللغة:
    English
  • معلومة اضافية
    • المصدر:
      Publisher: Harvard School of Public Health, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9502498 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2150-4113 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10790969 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Health Hum Rights Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: Boston, MA : Harvard School of Public Health, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, c1994-
    • الموضوع:
      COVID-19*/epidemiology ; Prisoners*; Humans ; Aged ; Prisons ; Punishment ; Pandemics ; Human Rights
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on long-standing constitutional violations within the US correctional system, particularly affecting vulnerable populations such as senior inmates. By analyzing the impact of COVID-19 in prisons, the challenges faced in implementing preventive strategies, and the specific vulnerabilities of elderly prisoners, this paper identifies potential constitutional infringements experienced by senior inmates during the pandemic and the physical, mental, and social effects of the pandemic on this population. Specifically, this paper aims to bridge the fields of constitutional law, prison reform, elder law, and the COVID-19 pandemic by examining the impact of the pandemic on the rights of senior inmates under the US Constitution's Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment. The objective is to examine whether potential violations have occurred and propose actions to prevent violations in the future while ensuring accountability and redress if such violations occur. To address such violations, the paper emphasizes the need for increased sanitation measures and decarceration as preventive measures in future public health crises.
      Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.
      (Copyright © 2023 Salebaigi.)
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20231225 Date Completed: 20231226 Latest Revision: 20231226
    • الموضوع:
      20231227
    • الرقم المعرف:
      PMC10733758
    • الرقم المعرف:
      38145131