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This is such great news. I hope it extends to more prisons soon. A dark cloud over the new year is the COVID-19 outbreak at CCWF - huge women's prison. In the last 2 weeks 450+ have tested positive. I write to a woman there & I want to share some of her story w/her permission. 1/
She is a Black woman in her late 50s, a mother and grandmother. She has multiple chronic health issues. She has been incarcerated for nearly 30 years. Over the last several days 3 of her roommates have tested positive and been moved to quarantine. 2/
In fact, more than half her unit (150+) has moved to quarantine. She is utterly terrified. This year has been tremendously difficult for her. She has told me for months that if she gets the virus she doesn’t think she’ll be able to fight it off. 3/
