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2022-10-10
HIST30068 China’s Zero Covid Policy Story 4
A door in the neighbourhood is nailed, to stop people with positive cases from going outside. I found it a bit uncomfortable, and I really feel sorry for the people inside. -
2022-10-14
HIST30068 China’s Zero Covid Policy Story 1
On Oct. 14th, my dad went to a nearby town called Huji (in Zhongxiang, Hubei province, China) where there is a factory of the company that he works for. He was supposed to stay there for a week. On the 20th, 2 Huji students and an adult tested positive. The whole Huji town quickly went into a lockdown, and all workers, 2 thousand of them, were to be quarantined right there and then. They must stay inside the factory during the restriction, which would last until cases drop to a certain point. (By the 29th of Oct, there are still no signs of any ease on the lockdown). Food wasn’t a problem, because there was a large canteen in the factory. But there was no accommodation for 2000 workers, only dorm rooms for around 400. My dad had to make quick arrangements for this. Eventually, they bought thousands of mattresses and quilts to make beddings on the floor. These were brought from nearby cities, mainly Jingmen, Jingzhou, and Xiangyang. My dad was able to leave with a friend who had permission, so he hurried back to our home in Jingmen, where he was told by his friend that all travellers from Huji must report themselves and quarantine at home. But as he planned to go to Yichang for another business trip soon, he pretended that he never knew this information. On that day when he was having lunch, he received a call from the pandemic prevention people, politely asking him about his recent travels. He told them that he will be leaving for Yichang immediately, to which they agreed. Then he dropped his chopsticks and drove to Yichang. -
2020-10-19
California Defendants Entitled to Mental Health Care Languish in Overcrowded, Unhealthy Jails FacebookTwitterPinterestRedditShare
The writers’ son is a patient with mental health-related rights that have gone unfulfilled, along with thousands of others, in the downtown Los Angeles jail nicknamed the Two Towers. -
2020-07-31
‘It’s hell living there’: Texas inmates say they are battling COVID-19 in prisons with no A/C
Conditions in Texas prisons notoriously unhealthy, these inmates face inhumane living conditions during a pandemic. -
2020-08-14
Texas prison system still tops US in virus cases, as deaths and criticism mount
A father who has been incarcerated for 30 years holds a baby prior to imprisonment; this man died in prison without seeing his family during the last months of his life. -
2019-05-10
The Penal System Today is Slavery’: Lawmakers Finally Start to Talk About Unpaid Labor in Texas Prisons
Protestors demonstrate in public against the abuse of prison inmates forced to work for slave wages in unhealthy conditions. -
2020-10-11
California kept prison factories open. Inmates worked for pennies an hour as COVID-19 spread
The state is responsible for the spread of covid19 from the neighboring men’s institution to the women’s institution, leading to death. -
2020-10-24
COVID-19 cases increase at California Institution for Men
This is an article about a state prison in Chino, California. The state could be responsible for the increase in covid19 cases in the Institution. -
2020-04-13
Preventing the Spread of Covid-19 in County Jails in Maricopa County
This press release was written and published by MCSO (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office) to detail the steps and protocols put in place to keep employees, staff and inmates safe and healthy during the pandemic. It also outlines measures put in place for patrol units to keep them and the public safe during the pandemic. -
2020-03-15
Security Changes in Maricopa County Jails in Light of Covid-19
This is a press release that was published in March, right at the time when the US was really starting to get hit with the pandemic. At the time this was published, there were no confirmed cases of the virus in the jails, but the Sheriff's office began increasing security and limiting access in an attempt to prevent the spread of the virus within the jail population. Even at the beginning, it was evident that this would not be a flash in the pan type incident but a long lasting event that would require rethinking the 'everyday normal' to keep people safe and healthy. -
2020-08-14
California Could Cut Its Prison Population by 50,000 People
A news article discussing the potential release of thousands of prisoners to help relieve overcrowding during the COVID-19 pandemic. Large amounts of prisoners have been released in the past with no detriment to public safety. In a time when people are dying as a result of this overcrowding during a pandemic it would be incredibly beneficial to release these people. According to data, the issue seems to be one of political risk rather than of public safety. -
2020-07-10
Delay in obtaining prison records postpones Anderson release hearing
This article reports on the case of a former Sonora doctor, Danny Anderson, who is an inmate at the California Institution for Men in Chino. Anderson's attorneys sought an early release for Anderson due to his autoimmune disease. Anderson previously had the virus and was cleared, but doctors do not know if there will be significant immune response to the virus to prevent a second infection. There have been delays to the release of the inmate. At the time of the article, there were 63 cases of COVID-19 within that prison. Many prisoners are being released around the state to relieve overcrowding, but it seems to be going at a slower pace than could really help alleviate the problem.