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The only Texas prison reporting zero coronavirus cases is where inmates make soap. But that’s not what’s credited with protecting it.
Title (Dublin Core)
The only Texas prison reporting zero coronavirus cases is where inmates make soap. But that’s not what’s credited with protecting it.
Description (Dublin Core)
One prison unit in all of Texas still doesn't have any confirmed Coronavirus cases in incarcerated persons or staff. The Roach Unit attributes this to being located in a community with a low population and following the rules set out by the state for corrections facilities. Ironically, this facility is also where soap and hand sanitizer is also made for prisons. Though most prisons will not allow hand sanitizer to be given to inmates because it contains alcohol, they could drink it or use it as an accelerant to start a fire. While the warden states he is just following the rules, others say it is his strict adherence to the rules that has kept everyone healthy. Other facilities could possibly use this facility to learn from.
incarceration, Texas, Roach Unit, Childress, Pan Handle, soap, hand sanitizer, healthy
Date (Dublin Core)
August 7, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Jolie McCullough
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)
Texas Tribune
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Clothing & Accessories
English
Business & Industry
English
Public Health & Hospitals
English
Government State
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Texas
Childress
soap
hand sanitizer
manufacturing
Collection (Dublin Core)
Incarceration
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
08/07/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
08/13/2020
08/02/2022
09/25/2024
Date Created (Dublin Core)
08/07/2020
This item was submitted on August 7, 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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