COVID-19 has raised awareness about the precarious health situation of prisoners and others in detention facilities. Recently, Ohio has seen a surge of confirmed COVID-19 cases in prisons and in one prison, the Marion Correctional Institution, nearly eighty percent of inmates have tested positive for the virus. What ethical challenges face researchers trying to study prison populations especially in light of their status as a vulnerable population who have been exploited and involuntarily experimented upon by medical researchers and whose susceptibility to the disease is the result of poor institutional conditions? How can we balance respect for human rights while ensuring that prisoners are not excluded from scientific progress. Join us for an interdisciplinary discussion with experts in Epidemiology, Criminology, and Law.
Panelists include:
Maria Khan (Associate Professor, Department of Population Health, New York University)
Keramet Reiter (Associate Professor, Criminology, Law & Society, School of Law, UC Irvine)
Michael Para (Professor Emeritus, Infectious Diseases, OSU College of Medicine)
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