Bruce-Lockhart, KatherineMungai, Ashley M.W.2025-04-012025-04-012024-09-2410.51644/bap63https://hdl.handle.net/10012/21528While mass prisoner releases are not a new phenomenon — throughout history, governments have freed people in response to health crises, during holidays, or to mark political transitions — the scale, scope and speed of releases during the pandemic were unprecedented.enBalsillie PapersCOVID-19prisonersArticle