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

Cameron Stewart, George F Tomossy, Scott Lamont and Scott Brunero
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Vol.17(4), pp.663-667
2020
PMCID: PMC7651799
PMID: 33169262
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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This output has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:

#3 Good Health and Well-Being
#16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Abstract

COVID-19 Symposium Human rights Prisoners
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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