Reviewing a handful of the latest ugly prison pandemic headlines
I have not done a round-up of stories on the spread of COVID-19 through state and federal prison populations lately, in part because this sad tale has already become just standard bad news. But some recent headlines and stories from this arena seemed especially worth flagging. So:
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From the Anchorage Daily News, “He tested positive for the coronavirus. One day later, a federal prison flew him home to Alaska.“
- From The Guardian, “Pregnant inmates languish in US prisons despite promises of release“
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From HuffPost, “Inside A Federal Prison With A Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak, Compromised Men Beg For Help“
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From the Los Angeles Times, “‘Powder keg’ at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison with 110 cases of COVID-19 in two weeks“
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From The Marshall Project, “How To Hide a COVID-19 Hotspot? Pretend Prisoners Don’t Exist“
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From NJ Spotlight, “NJ’s COVID-19 Release Program for Prisoners Is Slammed for Major Failings“
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From NPR, “As COVID-19 Cuts Deadly Path Through Indiana Prisons, Inmates Say Symptoms Ignored“
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From The Oregonian, “Oregon’s maximum-security prison in Salem now the site of state’s biggest single coronavirus outbreak“
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From USA Today, “In coronavirus crisis, lessons in humanity toward America’s incarcerated“