Mexico prisoners face severe COVID-19 threat

Name: Mexico prisoners face severe COVID-19 threat
Uploaded: 2020-06-17T12:51:24Z
Duration: 3 min 20 s
Description: Government had an ‘amnesty plan’ to release low-risk prisoners, which has not been approved for implementation yet.

Government had an ‘amnesty plan’ to release low-risk prisoners, which has not been approved for implementation yet.

Latin American prisons are notorious for being overcrowded and under-resourced. And with COVID -19 hitting the region hard, many are worried about a rapid spread of the virus in jails. In Mexico, the government had an “amnesty plan” to release low-risk prisoners, which has not been approved for implementation yet.

Many are worried the government is not taking enough action against the threat of COVID-19 to the country’s prisoners.

Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Mexico City.

By John Holman