Explore the Archives
A Journal of the Plague Year Arizona Collection Australia Boston Bronx Community College New York Brooklyn College New York Canada Las Americas Lockdown Staten Island New Orleans Oral Histories Philippines Sacramento Community Based Organizations Southwest Stories Teaching the Pandemic The City College of New York

Collected Item: “Reporting on the Death of an Incarcerated Person”

Give your story a title.

Reporting on the Death of an Incarcerated Person

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

image

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 person cautions reporters about stories covering the death of an incarcerated person due to Covid. She expresses he worry that it puts emphasis on the one bad thing they did in their life and doesn't cover any of the things they've done since.

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?

Twitter, social media, incarceration, prison, jail, death, Covid, reporting, news coverage

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://twitter.com/SpeedyVeez/status/1291161533704273921

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

Allison Villegas

Give this story a date.

2020-08-05
Click here to view the corresponding item.