Photograph of Baltimore police by GoBlue85 via Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons
Harm Reduction International monitored prison decongestion measures adopted around the world between March and June 2020 in response to COVID-19, and found evidence of such schemes in 109 countries. Looking at the cumulative effect of COVID-19-related schemes, we observe that in total, they reduced the global prison population by less than 6%, as of 24 June 2020. This falls significantly short of expectations and the significant political commitments made in the name of public health. Source: HRI
Dublin’s Ha’Penny Bridge… mid-week, mid-day during the pandemic (i.e. empty). (Courtesy of the author)
Photograph of Dennis Peron in 2008 by Cary Newman via Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons 4.0.
DISH! safer use kits at a January 2020 kiki, courtesy of DISH!
Black Lives Matter Protest in Hyde Park, London, 3rd June 2020. Source: Katie Crampton
Drying coca, Chapare, Bolivia © Thomas Grisaffi, Author provided
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