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I'm incarcerated at San Quentin prison for 55 years to life. I didn't think things could get worse until COVID-19.
Title (Dublin Core)
I'm incarcerated at San Quentin prison for 55 years to life. I didn't think things could get worse until COVID-19.
Description (Dublin Core)
This article, written by a currently incarcerated man at San Quentin Prison in California, explains what it is like to be incarcerated during the Covid Pandemic and their lack of information. He asks if it is justice to leave people in prison during the pandemic, explains the stress and helplessness so many feel, talks about the racism that landed many of them in prison, and the very low recidivism rate of lifers.
incarceration, prison, San Quentin, San Francisco Bay Area, justice, information, dog whistle, early release, death sentence, Covid
Date (Dublin Core)
August 5, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Rahsaan Thomas
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Chris Twing
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Publisher (Dublin Core)
The Insider
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
News coverage
English
Social Distance
English
Race & Ethnicity
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
prison
justice
information
early release
death sentence
COVID-19
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
incarceration
COVID-19
prison
San Quentin
San Francisco Bay Area
justice
information
dog whistle
early release
death sentence
Collection (Dublin Core)
Incarceration
Deathways
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
08/06/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
08/13/2020
01/30/2021
08/02/2022
09/25/2024
Date Created (Dublin Core)
08/05/2020
This item was submitted on August 6, 2020 by Chris Twing using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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