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Collected Item: “‘They’re scared’: A look inside the COVID-19 crisis in Arizona prisons.”

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‘They’re scared’: A look inside the COVID-19 crisis in Arizona prisons. By Katelyn Keenehan | Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship

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Video, text story, and photographs

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As COVID-19 began to spread across the Southwest in March, lawyers representing incarcerated Arizonans reported “unsanitary conditions,” “inadequate medical staffing and treatment” and a “failure to take strong and sensible precautionary measures” in state prisons. This story shows the plethora of issues that still remain months later.

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#southweststories, #lucegrant, #ASU, #ASUlucegrant, #Prisons, #prisoners, #jail, #detainees, #incarceratedpeople, #behindbars, #incarceration

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https://corrections.az.gov/adcrr-covid-19-dashboard

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katelyn keenehan

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2020-07-01
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