国际英语资讯:UN official worried by prison conditions in the Americas amid COVID-19
<p><span word="GENEVA">GENEVA</span>, <span word="May">May</span> 5-- <span word="A">A</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="prisons">prisons</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Americas">Americas</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="deeply">deeply</span> <span word="worrying">worrying</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="inmates">inmates</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="prison">prison</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="infected">infected</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="novel">novel</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Pre">Pre</span>-<span word="existing">existing</span> <span word="structural">structural</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="chronic">chronic</span> <span word="overcrowding">overcrowding</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="unhygienic">unhygienic</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span>, <span word="coupled">coupled</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="proper">proper</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="healthcare">healthcare</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="enabled">enabled</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rapid">rapid</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="facilities">facilities</span>," <span word="Rupert">Rupert</span> <span word="Colville">Colville</span>, <span word="spokesperson">spokesperson</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="High">High</span> <span word="Commissioner">Commissioner</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Human">Human</span> <span word="Rights">Rights</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="briefing">briefing</span> <span word="here">here</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="welcomed">welcomed</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="prisons">prisons</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="broader">broader</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="extreme">extreme</span> <span word="levels">levels</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="overcrowding">overcrowding</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="releasing">releasing</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="categories">categories</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prisoners">prisoners</span> <span word="serving">serving</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="violent">violent</span> <span word="crimes">crimes</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="detention">detention</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="detained">detained</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="immigration">immigration</span> <span word="offences">offences</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="press">press</span>, <span word="Colville">Colville</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="prison">prison</span> <span word="population">population</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="significant">significant</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="prisons">prisons</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p><span word="Another">Another</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="immigration">immigration</span> <span word="detention">detention</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="testing">testing</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="enough">enough</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p>
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