“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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Main Authors: Jennifer E. James, Emily F. Dauria, Riya Desai, Adelaide Bell, Jacob M. Izenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:Health & Justice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-023-00238-5