Collected Item: “Coronavirus in Prison: The Cruel Reality”
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Crononavirus in Prison: The Cruel Reality
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article
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This article from Prison Legal News gives an exhaustive overview of the situation faced by the carceral system and all the people it touches. The author, Christopher Zoukis, explains the state of the virus, news coverage, community response, covid in prisons, Federal Bureau of Prisons, state prisons, discrepancies in date, states responses, lack of testing, medical care, and PPE, the personal impact, and human rights.
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incarceration, prison, medical care, PPE, human rights, news coverage, testing
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https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2020/aug/1/coronavirus-prison-cruel-reality/
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Christopher Zoukis
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2020-08-01