The Brennan Center for Justice (New York University) has compiled the policy responses and practices of all levels of US criminal justice system in addressing the COVID-19 public health crisis. The Center highlights good practices and suggests some recommendations to dramatically reduce the incarcerated population and mitigate the devastating consequences of the crisis. Recommendations include the following: 

• Prisons, jails, and other correctional authorities must make every effort to release unnecessarily incarcerated people and improve healthcare and conditions of confinement. 

• Police responses to COVID-19 should focus on community safety and reducing arrests. 

• Prosecutors must use their discretion to divert people away from the system or to less restrictive sanctions. 

• Courts and municipalities should prioritize policies that lessen the burden of court-imposed fees and fines on our citizens. 
    

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