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    Should Prisoners Have to Pay For Medical Care During a Pandemic?

    Some states stop charging copays to encourage COVID-19 care.
    by Michelle Pitcher Nov 02, 2020 3 minutes

    As COVID-19 threatened jails and prisons in March, the Connecticut Department of Corrections decided to waive the $3 fee it charged prisoners for a medical visit.

    “We didn’t want the lack of funds to be a reason offenders were denied medical treatment, especially during the pandemic,” said Andrius Banevicius, public information officer for the prison system. “We wanted as many offenders as possible to have access to medical care.”

    As prisons throughout the country have become —and as prisons’ medical capabilities have been the focus of scrutiny—states have

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