From the Summary: "From mid-March to mid-April 2020--the first month of rapid spread of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] in the United States--there was an unprecedented reduction in the number of people held in local jails Analysis conducted by the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) of the most comprehensive jail data available shows that the number of people in jail in the United States fell by one quarter, mainly over the course of that month Jail bookings dropped as people who would otherwise have been arrested stayed home, and police and sheriffs made fewer arrests they deemed unnecessary Simultaneously, many judges and prosecutors used their broad discretion to facilitate the release of people they deemed safe, while public defenders filed thousands of motions to secure the release of their clients Although some highly visible judges and prosecutors continued to stand in the way of decarceration--even while the deadly virus spread quickly through jails and prisons--the overall impact was a rapid reduction in the sizable population of jailed people whose incarceration had no clear public safety rationale But as the United States faces continued outbreaks of COVID-19, it is crucial to recognize that decarceration has still been inadequate, from both a public safety and a public health perspective Future COVID-19 responsive policies should focus on facilitating the release of much broader categories of people and avoiding arrests and bookings that would refill jails In the immediate term, further reducing jail populations would help to slow or stop the continued spread of the virus inside and outside jail facilities, and it could also help reduce correctional spending as state and local budgets shrink In the long-term, this could enable an enduring shift of resources away from law enforcement and punishment and toward public services and responses Such a policy approach would move the country toward ending both mass incarceration and the social and economic harms it inflicts on poor, Black, and brown communities "

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摘自：“从2020年3月中旬到4月中旬，即在美国COVID-19 [2019年冠状病毒病]快速传播的第一个月，当地囚犯人数空前减少监狱由Vera司法研究所（Vera）进行的最全面的监狱数据分析表明，美国监狱的人数下降了四分之一，主要是在该月的过程中，随着否则，他们将被捕留在家中，而警察和警长则减少了他们认为不必要的逮捕活动。与此同时，许多法官和检察官运用其广泛的酌处权，便利释放了他们认为安全的人，虽然公设辩护律师提出了数千项动议以确保释放其客户，尽管一些知名度很高的法官和检察官继续阻挠监禁-即使致命病毒在监狱和监狱中迅速传播，但总体影响是迅速的。减少了没有明确公共安全理由的监禁的大量被监禁者，但是随着美国继续爆发COVID-19，至关重要的是要认识到，从公共安全和公共卫生角度而言，监禁仍然不充分观点未来的COVID-19响应政策应着眼于促进释放更多种类的人，并避免可能使监狱徒劳的逮捕和预订。进一步减少监狱人口将有助于减缓或阻止病毒在监狱设施内部和外部的持续传播，并且还可以减少州和地方预算的缩减，从而减少矫正支出。从长期来看，这可以使资源得到持久的转移远离执法和惩罚，转向公共服务和回应。这种政策方法将使该国朝着结束大规模监禁以及对穷人，黑人和棕色社区造成的社会和经济伤害的方向迈进。”这可以使资源从执法和惩罚向公共服务和响应的方向持久地转移。这样的政策方法将使该国朝着结束大规模监禁以及对穷人，黑人和棕色社区造成的社会和经济损害的方向迈进。”这可以使资源从执法和惩罚向公共服务和响应的方向持久地转移。这样的政策方法将使该国朝着结束大规模监禁以及对穷人，黑人和棕色社区造成的社会和经济损害的方向迈进。”