“Good luck, social distance”: rapid decarceration and community care for serious mental illness and substance use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic inspired calls for rapid decarceration of prisons and jails to slow the spread of disease in a high-risk congregate setting. Due to the rarity of intentionally-decarcerative policies, little is known about the effects of rapid decarceration on individuals with serious...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-09-01
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Series: | Health & Justice |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-023-00238-5 |