Collected Item: “Interviews inside a covid positive prison”
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Interviews inside a covid positive prison
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article
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This article interviews inmates, family of inmates, employees, and officials from the Federal Correctional Complex in Oakdale, Louisiana. The interviews were conducted orally, written, over text, and social media. Both the employees and inmates tell a story of an ill prepared system, though the prison claims to have begun preparing in January.
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prison, incarcerated, testing, masks, PPE
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/magazine/oakdale-federal-prison-coronavirus.html
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Janet Reitman
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2020-04-18