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Collected Item: “Nearly half the population at Michigan prison tests positive for COVID-19”

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Nearly half the population at Michigan prison tests positive for COVID-19

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images and 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 Tweet and it's responses show how the public feels about the Covid-19 outbreak within one of Michigan's prisons. The article referenced also explains how this particular facility had spent months with no cases and then had a sudden outbreak, illustrating how dependent prisons and the communities they are a part of are when it comes to the spread of Covid=19.

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incarceration, prison, Michigan, news coverage, community spread, outbreak, testing

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https://twitter.com/maddow/status/1296891533220773888, https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/08/21/michigan-prison-coronavirus-outbreak/5599963002/

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Rachel Maddow, Angie Jackson

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2020-08-21
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