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'We need help': Alabama prisoner pleas for assistance in fighting COVID-19

Title (Dublin Core)

'We need help': Alabama prisoner pleas for assistance in fighting COVID-19

Description (Dublin Core)

ABC News video showing video from inside an Alabama prison and the inmates inability to social distance. The prisoner on the video asks for HELP. As of the date of this video no Alabama prisoner had tested positive for the virus though at least two employees have tested positive. After the interview with the prisoner the host goes on to discuss the issue with a former female inmate and a former doctor in charge of prison health in another state. The host also interviews a sheriff who argues that releasing inmates is not safe for the community.

Date (Dublin Core)

April 4, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

ABC News

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Chris Twing

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

video

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/alabama-prisoner-pleas-assistance-fighting-covid-19-69984567
https://web.archive.org/web/20201111210708/https://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/alabama-prisoner-pleas-assistance-fighting-covid-19-69984567

Publisher (Dublin Core)

abcnews.go.com

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Conflict
English Crime
English Social Issues
English Social Distance

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

#lockedupwithcovid
Alabama
prison
unsanitary
crowded

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

prison,
incarcerated
Alabama
no sanitizer
social distancing

Collection (Dublin Core)

Incarceration

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Image of a male doctor holding a sign which reads I stayed at work for you, you stay at home for us.Doctor asking us to stay home
HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

06/12/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/19/2020
06/24/2020
11/11/2020
08/02/2022
10/14/2024

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on June 12, 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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