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Collected Item: “We Have to Reduce the Number of People In Prisons to Slow the Spread of Covid”

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We Have to Reduce the Number of People In Prisons to Slow the Spread of Covid

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images and video

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James King, formerly incarcerated and now a criminal justice activist, speaks out about the need to reduce the prison population to slow the spread of covid. He also explains the conditions at San Quentin Prison in California and in the replies to his Tweet explains and quotes the recidivism rates for prisoners.

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incarceration, prison, San Quentin, California, overcrowding, social distance, outbreak

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https://twitter.com/jamesking0314/status/1293181056305123329

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James King

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2020-08-11
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