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I'm incarcerated at San Quentin prison for 55 years to life. I didn't think things could get worse until COVID-19.

Title (Dublin Core)

I'm incarcerated at San Quentin prison for 55 years to life. I didn't think things could get worse until COVID-19.

Description (Dublin Core)

This article, written by a currently incarcerated man at San Quentin Prison in California, explains what it is like to be incarcerated during the Covid Pandemic and their lack of information. He asks if it is justice to leave people in prison during the pandemic, explains the stress and helplessness so many feel, talks about the racism that landed many of them in prison, and the very low recidivism rate of lifers.
incarceration, prison, San Quentin, San Francisco Bay Area, justice, information, dog whistle, early release, death sentence, Covid

Date (Dublin Core)

August 5, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Rahsaan Thomas

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Chris Twing

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.insider.com/coronavirus-inside-san-quentin-prison-2020-8
https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.insider.com/coronavirus-inside-san-quentin-prison-2020-8

Publisher (Dublin Core)

The Insider

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English News coverage
English Social Distance
English Race & Ethnicity

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

prison
justice
information
early release
death sentence
COVID-19

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

incarceration
COVID-19
prison
San Quentin
San Francisco Bay Area
justice
information
dog whistle
early release
death sentence

Collection (Dublin Core)

Incarceration
Deathways

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)

08/06/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/13/2020
01/30/2021
08/02/2022
09/25/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

08/05/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on August 6, 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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