Collected Item: “John Oliver on prisons during Covid-19: 'That's not justice, that's neglect'”
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John Oliver on prisons during Covid-19: 'That's not justice, that's neglect'
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Late night host, John Oliver, of HBO's "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," recently dedicated the main portion of his thirty minute show to highlighting the struggle of America's inmates with the covid-19 pandemic. This article provides the highlights of the show including a lack of soap, the number of non-inmate personal who are ill, covid being introduced to new facilities through prison transfer, people who have yet to be convicted but stuck in jail because they cannot afford cash bail, and the use of solitary confinement as punishment for one inmate who shared a video on Facebook.
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prison, incarceration, soap, shortage, prison transfer, bail, solitary
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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jun/22/john-oliver-prisoners-coronavirus-last-week-tonight-recap
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Adrian Horton
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2020-06-22