Prisons and COVID-19: how is the pandemic complicating how other emergencies are mitigated or prevented

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By J. Carlee Purdum

Prisons and other detention facilities face a whole host of emergencies from environmental and technological hazards, such as tornados or earthquakes. In this expert blog for Penal Reform International, as part of our Global Prison Trends series, J. Carlee Purdum, an expert on hazards, disasters and prisons, reflects on how plans need to be developed and adapted in times of COVID-19, drawing on her experience in disaster risk reduction in the United States.

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