Collected Item: “I'm incarcerated at San Quentin prison for 55 years to life. I didn't think things could get worse until COVID-19.”
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I'm incarcerated at San Quentin prison for 55 years to life. I didn't think things could get worse until COVID-19.
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
article
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 article, written by a currently incarcerated man at San Quentin Prison in California, explains what it is like to be incarcerated during the Covid Pandemic and their lack of information. He asks if it is justice to leave people in prison during the pandemic, explains the stress and helplessness so many feel, talks about the racism that landed many of them in prison, and the very low recidivism rate of lifers.
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incarceration, prison, San Quentin, San Francisco Bay Area, justice, information, dog whistle, early release, death sentence, Covid
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https://www.insider.com/coronavirus-inside-san-quentin-prison-2020-8
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Rahsaan Thomas
Give this story a date.
2020-08-05