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Column: Hawaii’s early inmate release a health success
Title (Dublin Core)
Column: Hawaii’s early inmate release a health success
Description (Dublin Core)
Corrections facilities across the nation has considered releasing inmates early to slow the spread of the corona virus. While the public has had mixed feelings about this idea Hawaii has been successful in creating a process to examine and individually decide on early release for its inmates.
The mainland US has had numerous outbreaks inside of its prisons and jails and Hawaii was trying to prevent this. As the article explains, early release is not only beneficial to the inmates and employees but also to the larger community. It also touches on the impact systemic racism has had on creating the largest prison population in the world.
The mainland US has had numerous outbreaks inside of its prisons and jails and Hawaii was trying to prevent this. As the article explains, early release is not only beneficial to the inmates and employees but also to the larger community. It also touches on the impact systemic racism has had on creating the largest prison population in the world.
prison, jail, bail reform, incarceration, early release, decarceration, Hawaii, systemic racism
Date (Dublin Core)
June 14, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Justin F. Kollar
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Chris Twing
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Star Advertiser
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Social Issues
English
Conflict
English
Public Health & Hospitals
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
incarceration
inmate release
bail reform
prison
jail
systemic racism
Hawaii
Collection (Dublin Core)
Incarceration
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
06/27/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
07/15/2020
3/15/21
08/02/2022
10/09/2024
Date Created (Dublin Core)
06/14/22020
This item was submitted on June 27, 2020 by Chris Twing using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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