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The unsanitary, overcrowded prisons and juvenile detention centers in most Latin American and Caribbean countries offer prime conditions for outbreaks of COVID-19 that could severely affect the health of detainees and of the population at large.
Cramped quarters, poor ventilation, and inadequate health care contribute to the proliferation of respiratory diseases in prisons. Prisons in Brazil, for instance, have nearly 1,400 cases of tuberculosis per 100,000 people detained.
Prisoners in many countries are protesting unsanitary conditions and lack of protection against coronavirus. Dozens have been killed and injured during these protests.
An outbreak of coronavirus in Latin America’s prisons would be an enormous public health problem. There is still time, but the authorities need to act immediately to avoid an entirely foreseeable disaster.
This document provides an overview of human rights concerns posed by the coronavirus outbreak and recommends ways governments and other actors can respect human rights in their response.
Some may wonder whether President Donald Trump’s insistence on using the term “Chinese virus” has fanned the flames of anti-Asian sentiments in the United States in recent weeks. It certainly hasn’t helped.
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