“This is what happens when a bureaucracy built on punishment is tasked with compassion. It’s like asking the dishwasher to make coffee. That isn’t what it’s for.”
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“In Ohio, 4,072 of the 6,375 inmates and staff the state has tested are positive for the coronavirus, an infection rate of over 60 percent.”
“At a rural prison in Arkansas, 680 of the 1,700 prisoners have tested positive.”
“North Carolina has tested less than 2 percent of its prisoners. But at the one facility where mass testing has been done — Nuese Correctional Institution — 460 of the 770 inmates tested positive, or nearly 60 percent.”
“At Lakeland prison in Michigan, the first and so far only prison in the state to test all of its inmates, 785 of the 1,403 prisoners were positive.”
“Harris County, Tex. has tested 500 of its approximately 3,000 incarcerated people. So far, 262 have tested positive, an infected-to-tested rate of 52 percent.”
“The infection rate at the Rikers Island jail is five times that of NYC, & 30x that of the US. New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) has refused to consider mass commutations to prevent further spread.”
“So far, 33 federal prisoners have died from covid-19. The first was Patrick Jones, convicted of possessing cocaine w/ intent to sell in a school zone. 21 grams of cocaine in his apt. The “school” he was near was a junior college. He was sentenced to 27 years in prison.”
“As of this week, 29 prisoners in New Jersey are confirmed to have died from the virus. But the state has tested less than 1 percent of its incarcerated population.”
“Despite an outbreak at a jail in Miami, Florida has only tested 615, w/ 208 positive. But that’s from an incarcerated population of 95,000. And the state’s Department of Corrections only began posting data after several facilities were caught trying to hide the deaths.”
