Collected Item: “The Prison Was Built to Hold 1,500 Inmates. It Had Over 2,000 Coronavirus Cases.”
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The Prison Was Built to Hold 1,500 Inmates. It Had Over 2,000 Coronavirus Cases.
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article
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The US prison population quickly found it was impossible to social distance to protect themselves from contracting the corona virus. This is due to prison architecture and overcrowding. This article talks to inmates at the Marion Correctional Facility in Marion, Ohio. This facility has been the site of the largest virus outbreak in the nation.
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incarceration, overcrowding, prison, outbreak, social distance, mask, early release
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https://www.propublica.org/article/the-prison-was-built-to-hold-1500-inmates-it-had-over-2000-coronavirus-cases?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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Dara Lind
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2020-06-18