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Lisa Valder
Overview
Historically, the roughly 3,000 local jails operating in the United States have received less public and policymaker attention than prisons.
1 But now, the COVID-19 pandemic has put jails secure correctional facilities, generally operated by county or municipal governments, where people are detained before trial or confined post-conviction for periods usually lasting less than a year under additional scrutiny.
2 Jails rely on close confinement and so are high risk for disease transmission.
3 Local governments are also confronting the budget implications of the pandemic and looking for potential savings, especially in costly areas such as corrections.
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Costa Rica: Ignoring rejection by social and union sectors, president ask the Congress to approve Public Employment Reform
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âControversy in Costa Rica on Public Employment Reformâ, 18 January 2021
. I want to start this week by respectfully requesting that lawmakers approve the Public Employment project, the president posted on Twitter. This important reform, which complies with international standards, is key to reducing public spending in the future, addressing the fiscal deficit deepened by the Covid-19 pandemic, and introducing greater justice and equal pay among public servants performing similar duties, Alvarado said. We must take this necessary step on the path of the State reform and the search for public efficiency to benefit Costa Rica, he concluded. Meanwhile, a manifesto of social and trade
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