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Collected Item: “04/06/2020 The Equinox Report”

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04/06/2020 The Equinox Report

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blog post

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.

An inmate at San Quentin prison in San Francisco, California, has been sending letters out to someone who is posting them on this blog. Today he explains a news story he saw on Democracy Now. The story says 16 states have begun releasing prisoners but New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has resisted even with hundreds of inmates and facility employees testing positive.

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incarceration, prison, San Quentin, New York, early release, testing

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https://equinoxreport.blogspot.com/2020/05/4620.html

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

unknown

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2020-04-06
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