Medical Journal: Let Doctors Decide Who Gets Out of Prison on Compassionate Release

Compassionate release is a policy that permits dying prisoners to apply for release before their sentences have been fully served. I have no problem with it in particular cases, but a JAMA article argues that law enforcement authorities don’t release enough ill prisoners and urges that the decision instead be made by doctors.

From “Compassionate Release Reform–Moving Medical Parole to Medical Professionals”:

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Compassionate release is a policy that permits dying prisoners to apply for release before their sentences have been fully served. I have no problem with it in particular cases, but a JAMA article argues that law enforcement authorities don’t release enough ill prisoners and urges that the decision instead be made by doctors.

From “Compassionate Release Reform–Moving Medical Parole to Medical Professionals”: