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Half of Folsom Prison Inmates Have Covid

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Title (Dublin Core)

Half of Folsom Prison Inmates Have Covid

Description (Dublin Core)

Nursing homes and prisons provide the perfect breading ground for coronavirus. For this reason the nation's correctional facilities have been hard hit by the virus. This Tweet, by James King, a formerly incarcerated man, draws attention to the continued spread of the virus within Folsom Prison in California. The news story King links to in his Tweet contains a video of Governor Gavin Newsom explaining the measures already taken to mediate the spread of the virus and upcoming plans. In the video Newsom mentions several things that alarmed me. 1. Numerous individuals with active Covid infections were released from California correctional facilities. Was this a wise decision? Or was it the smart decision that shows compassion for the individual. Prison is no place to suffer through a horrible illness. 2. When talking about releasing people from correctional facilities early he stresses these were individuals who are "non, non, non, non sex offenders". This sounds like they are only considering releasing those convicted of non-violent crimes, but isn't there a chance someone who has spent 20+ years in prison been reformed? Isn't that the point of incarceration, to reform the person? 3. There are individuals that meet the criteria laid out for early release but they have no where to go or no plan. In speaking with criminal justice reform advocates in California personally I was told there are numerous non-profit organizations ready to assist anyone that is released early.

Date (Dublin Core)

October 4, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

James King, Vincent Moleski

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Chris Twing

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HSE

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

article
images
video

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

http://web.archive.org/web/20201005042804/https://twitter.com/jamesking0314/status/1312844163067473920
http://web.archive.org/web/20201005214059/https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article246051285.html

Source (Dublin Core)

The Sacramento Bee
Twitter

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Social Issues
English Government Federal
English Government State
English Health & Wellness

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

inhumane
vulnerable
incarceration
Gavin Newsom
Folsom State Prison
death

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

incarceration
California
Governor Gavin Newsom
Folsom Prison
early release
medically fragile

Collection (Dublin Core)

Incarceration

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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

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

10/05/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

10/06/2020

Date Created (Dublin Core)

09/27/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on October 5, 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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