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Collected Item: “Judge Cries Over Coronavirus Outbreak in Prisons”

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Judge Cries Over Coronavirus Outbreak in Prisons

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

images

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 is a Twitter (social media) post discussing the large outbreaks of covid-19 within U.S. correctional facilities. The Tweet and responses reference a news article and online petition also linked to this.

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Twitter, social media, incarceration, jail, prison, outbreak, emotion

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://twitter.com/meganrcassidy/status/1275207901750022144, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-12/inmate-at-chuckawalla-valley-prison-dies-after-testing-positive-for-coronavirus, https://www.change.org/p/gavin-newsom-reduce-immediate-covid-threat-to-marin-county-due-to-san-quentin-outbreak?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=baaee860-621d-11ea-bded-db7fb8285995

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Megan Cassidy

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2020-06-22
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