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Collected Item: “Incarcerated person dies while waiting for healthcare”

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Incarcerated person dies while waiting for healthcare

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 post (social media) from an incarcerated person using a contraband cell phone telling about their experience with covid-19. He saw a father die on Father's Day while struggling to breath and waiting for an ambulance. There are numerous news articles exposing similar stories. They say sources tell them inmates are not receiving medical attention either before or after being tested for covid-19.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

death, breathing trouble, ambulance, incarceration, jail, prison, incarcerated, cell phone

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://twitter.com/RailroadUnderg1/status/1274909533442211841

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

Twitter name @Railroadunderg1

Give this story a date.

2020-06-21
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