Pretrial Policies Drive Jail Growth

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Title (Dublin Core)

Description (Dublin Core)

This Twitter screenshot of a graph illustrating the number of people in the nations jails waiting for trial far outweighs the number of people who have been convicted of a crime. The covid crisis has exposed the make up of the jail population and has also brought to light the reason so many people are awaiting trial in jail. They are awaiting trial in jail, more often than not, because they cannot afford to pay bail to be released. While the pandemic, like all disasters, effects people of color and low income disproportionately, it has also shed a light on the inequity of the bail system and caused people to wonder if those in the nation's jails and prisons deserve to risk dying from the virus.

bail, incarceration, jail, prison, inequality

Date (Dublin Core)

June 29, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Prison Policy Initiative

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Chris Twing

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

screenshot

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://twitter.com/PrisonPolicy/status/1277655737074941952

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Twitter

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Crime

English Social Issues

English Race & Ethnicity

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

bail

incarceration

jail

prison

inequality

#lockedupwithcovid

Collection (Dublin Core)

Incarceration

Social Justice

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)

06/30/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

07/19/2020

08/02/2022

10/08/2024

Item sets

Covid 19