Thousands of #COVID19 cases in the nation's prisons and jails. A system that often blocks reporters from access. And yet writers and poets on the inside persevere and write. Listen to today's #thePENpod for more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…
"Nobody can afford not to care," says our own @caits_meissner, who offers an overview on the pandemic on the inside, and stresses that it's time to listen to voices on the inside, not patronize.
"It's more important than ever for journalists and writers to listen to incarcerated people," says investigative reporter @bshelburne, highlighting that people in prisons are one of the most vulnerable groups to the pandemic.
And speaking of listening to voices, hear @jrovillosmonson read his original poem "Lockdown Language in a World that Does Not Yet Understand the Total Logic of the Cage." And read it here on our Temperature Check weekly email newsletter. pen.org/temperature-ch…
All this on our 20th (!) episode of #thePENpod, the daily (!) podcast we've been doing since the shutdown began here in NYC. Please subscribe, and if you like what you hear, rate us! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
And I should add, this has all been part of our overall response effort to the outbreak. You can see all the work we're doing in relation to #COVID19 on our @Medium page. medium.com/@PENamerica/co…
