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Collected Item: “Inmates Punished for Having Gloves”

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Inmates Punished for Having Gloves

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image

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

This Tweet explains that inmates who save gloves, given to them by the prison, have received disciplinary action for having the gloves.

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incarceration, prison, gloves, PPE, disciplinary action, punishment

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https://twitter.com/OaklandAboSol/status/1291848895731888128

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Oakland Abolition and Solidarity

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2020-08-07
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