humane policy – FXB Center for Health & Human Rights

FXB Center Director, More than 80 Public Health and Medicine Experts Call on Governor Baker to Stem the Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons, Jails, and Juvenile Detention Centers

March 31, 2020

Today, leading public health and medicine experts called on Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker to take immediate action to protect the health of those who live and work in detention facilities. The letter, signed by Dr. Mary T. Bassett, Director of…

Op-Ed: Andrew Cuomo, Stop a Coronavirus Disaster: Release People From Prison

March 30, 2020

In a New York Times op-ed published today, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights Director Dr. Mary T. Bassett, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker call on New York State Governor…

Harvard FXB Director Dr. Mary T. Bassett

COVID-19: Finding Comfort in Respecting Rights and Protecting the Most Vulnerable

March 30, 2020

Natalia Linos, executive director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, penned an op-ed that was recently published on the Health and Human Rights Journal’s blog. In it, Linos writes, “poverty, homelessness, human…