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Collected Item: “My Friend Died in San Quentin Due to Covid-19. His Death Was Entirely Preventable.”

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My Friend Died in San Quentin Due to Covid-19. His Death Was Entirely Preventable.

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article

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Written by Adnan Khan, a formerly incarcerated person and criminal justice reform advocate, this article explains the death of his friend from Covid and how it was preventable.

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inhumane, emotion, preventable death, narrative, neglect, politics, incarceration, Covid, testing, transfer

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https://theappeal.org/my-friend-died-in-san-quentin-due-to-covid-19-his-death-was-entirely-preventable/

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Adnan Khan

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2020-08-05
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