We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy right now during these uncertain times. We wake up everyday thinking about and praying for our most vulnerable including the people inside our nation’s prisons and jails as COVID-19 continues to spread around the country and globe.
‘We’re Left for Dead’: Fears of Virus Catastrophe at Rikers Jail - https://nyti.ms/2UwvZLP via NY Times
An Explosion of Coronavirus Cases Cripples a Federal Prison in Louisiana - https://wapo.st/3bDGvGB via Washington Post
“It Spreads Like Wildfire”: The Coronavirus Comes to New York’s Prisons - https://bit.ly/2UO4zQA via New Yorker
Orange County Inmate’s Death May Be Linked to Coronavirus Outbreak - https://lat.ms/340F7vp via LA Times
‘Jails Are Petri Dishes’: Inmates Freed as the Virus Spreads Behind Bars - https://nyti.ms/2UxsyEL via NY Times
“As many as 100,000 incarcerated people in our jails and prisons will die from the coronavirus, unless the US acts now.” - https://bit.ly/3c4LFf5 via Business Insider
“One inmate used an alcohol pad that a barber had given him after a haircut to sanitize a frequently used Rikers Island jailhouse phone. Another used a sock to hold a phone during a 15-minute call. A third said he and others have used diluted shampoo to disinfect cell bars and table tops. In the nearly two weeks since the coronavirus seeped into New York City’s jail system, fears have grown of the potential of a public health catastrophe in the cellblocks where thousands are being held in close quarters.” - https://nyti.ms/2UwvZLP via NY Times
When Purell is Contraband, How Do You Contain Coronavirus? - https://bit.ly/2yonERL via The Marshall Project
Spread of Coronavirus Accelerates in U.S. Jails and Prisons - https://reut.rs/2xD2gHY via Reuters
One of the Largest Single-Site Jails in the US Grapples with 134 Coronavirus Cases - https://abcn.ws/2JvxhjH via ABC News
Older Inmates Sue Texas Prison System Over Coronavirus Policies and Practices - https://bit.ly/39DQZok via Texas Tribune
COVID-19 Poses a Heightened Threat in Jails and Prisons - https://bit.ly/34nb80R via WIRED
“Prisons and jails are amplifiers of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, because the conditions that can keep diseases from spreading — such as social distancing — are nearly impossible to achieve in correctional facilities. So what should criminal justice agencies be doing to protect public health?“ - https://bit.ly/3e8ZP0G via Prison Policy
“As coronavirus cases rise in America’s jails, some states have instituted early release. But advocates say that isn’t enough.” - https://bit.ly/2JPyfHV via VOX
We can’t forget about our people inside prison and jail. In order for us to get through this, we must join together to demand safer conditions for our brothers and sisters inside as well as release people in jails and prisons who pose no threat to society.