Why Has a Progressive Court Failed to Protect the Prison Population against COVID-19? Mass Incarceration and Brazil's Supreme Court

• Main Authors: Daniel Wei Liang Wang (Author), Luisa Moraes Abreu Ferreira (Author), Paulo Sergio Coelho Filho (Author), Matheus de Barros (Author), Julia Abrahao Homsi (Author), Mariana Morais Zambom (Author), Ezequiel Fajreldines dos Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite acknowledging the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic for the prison population, Brazil's Supreme Court declined to issue structural injunctions during the health crisis ordering lower courts to consider these risks when making incarceration-related decisions. These injunctions could have be...