Center Square: Efforts to stem spread of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania prisons see targeted releases
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Jenna Moll, deputy director for the Justice Action Network, said states should also consider ways to limit the flow of inmates through the prison system itself. One good place to start, she said, is to reconsider approaches to low level offenses that can lead to an arrest.
“Merely being processed through the system could lead to some issues with unnecessary contact and potential transmission,” she said. “Law enforcement could choose to do non-custodial arrests instead.”