S/O to local journalists who did a terrific job covering crisis at Morrow Co. Jail, which detained immigrants for ICE until Feb 2021. @goldsgracie @KenyonCollege wrote about intersection of internat'l, nat'l, + local politics in this real-life drama. thecollegianmagazine.com/inside-morrow-…
.@goldsgracie interviewed my good friend, Saidu Sow, who has lived in this country for years + never experienced racism like what he's seen in Ohio county jails. He's been detained for ICE for over 2.5 years!
Sheriff says: "Why aren’t they trying to shut other jails down? Why are they trying to shut mine down?” We ARE trying to close every jail that abuses/neglects ppl + end civil immigration detention in its entirety. #CloseMorrowJail #CloseButlerJail
ohioimmigrant.org/2021/03/16/108…
Before @goldsgracie was @lwhitmir, who reported that the entire Morrow Co. jail was COVID positive after they tested a majority of the population, all were sick, and the jail stopped using isolation measures.

mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/202…
And before that was Eli Chung, formerly of @mountvernonnews, who held Morrow County government's feet to the fire over lack of COVID protocols in this excellent piece: mountvernonnews.com/stories/553420…
.@ColsFreePress was a consistent chronicler of the Morrow Jail saga, recognizing that many Columbus residents were house in this jail for ICE.

columbusfreepress.com/article/rural-…
And in the category of "not local, but good at telling local stories," check out also @Marcia_Brown9 progressive.org/dispatches/cou… and @nlanard motherjones.com/politics/2020/… who brought this story to their readers on the national stage.

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