The Harms of Incarceration: The evidence base and human rights framework for decarceration and harm reduction in prisons

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REDUCING INCARCERATION WILL REDUCE HARM

One in five people in prison worldwide is held for drug offences, and 90% of people who inject drugs will be incarcerated at some point in their life. People in prison are at greater risk of HIV, hepatitis C, tuberculosis and COVID-19. When they are released from prison, their risk of overdose increases by up to 69-times.

States must support people to live healthy lives by not putting them in prison and by promoting alternatives to incarceration.

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