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

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 h...

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Published in:Journal of bioethical inquiry 2020-12, Vol.17 (4), p.663-667
Main Authors: Stewart, Cameron, Tomossy, George F., Lamont, Scott, Brunero, Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia - epidemiology
Civil rights
Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration
COVID-19 (Disease)
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Crowding
Early release programs
Ethics
Government policy
Health and hygiene
Health aspects
Health Status
Human Rights
Humans
Medical Law
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pandemics
Prevalence
Prisoners
Prisons
SARS-CoV-2
Symposium COVID-19 Pandemic: 4. Voices from Different Places
Symposium: COVID-19
Theory of Medicine/Bioethics
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1176-7529
1872-4353
1872-4353
DOI:10.1007/s11673-020-10054-3