Item
‘Jails Are Petri Dishes’
Title (Dublin Core)
‘Jails Are Petri Dishes’
Description (Dublin Core)
As the US faced the real threat of the coronavirus it became clear that "jails are petri dishes." Due to overcrowding and the large number of people that go in and out of the buildings daily it is impossible to stop the virus from coming in and spreading rapidly. Government and prison officials began discussing early release or releasing those still awaiting trial, particularly for nonviolent offenses.
As with the rest of the nation the fear is that the virus will spread so quickly that the nations medical system will be overwhelmed. The same is true within the prison but the fear is that the inmates and employees of the prisons will add to the medical crises outside the prison.
As with the rest of the nation the fear is that the virus will spread so quickly that the nations medical system will be overwhelmed. The same is true within the prison but the fear is that the inmates and employees of the prisons will add to the medical crises outside the prison.
Date (Dublin Core)
March 30, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Timothy Williams
William K. Rashbaum
Benjamin Weiser
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Chris Twig
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Publisher (Dublin Core)
The New York Times
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Government Federal
English
Crime
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
prison
infection rate
overcrowding
incarcerated
death
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
prison
incarcerated
early release
infection rate
social distancing
hand sanitizer
Collection (Dublin Core)
English
Incarceration
English
Deathways
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
05/31/2020
08/02/2022
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
06/11/2020
06/14/2020
11/10/2020
1/26/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
03/30/2020
This item was submitted on May 31, 2020 by Chris Twing using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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