Guards at Farmville, an ICE prison in Virginia, have acknowledged using violence at least three times on detainees, who have been protesting their conditions amid the spread of coronavirus.
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 14, 2020
Those Farmville detainees are protesting for good reason. https://t.co/H3h0w49dVx
Nearly 900 inmates have tested positive at the Federal Correctional Institution in Seagoville, two weeks after the prison announced an initiative for mass testing.https://t.co/vW3xf3CZUu
— Elvia Limón (@elvialimon) July 15, 2020
There are now 143 kids in Texas youth prisons who have tested positive for COVID-19 – that's around 20 percent of the population. pic.twitter.com/CtiwKoCN5A
— Keri Blakinger (@keribla) July 15, 2020
Over the last two weeks, there have been 919 new COVID-19 cases in California's San Quentin State Prison.https://t.co/H3aFvaym7F
— Salon (@Salon) July 6, 2020
>> Top medical officer at California prisons ousted amid worsening coronavirus outbreak. In a fateful decision, official moved inmates out of prison with outbreak, causing COVID-19 nightmare at many prisons https://t.co/x0rAP4LB6g
— Shelby Grad (@shelbygrad) July 6, 2020
BREAKING: Juan Moreno Haines, an incarcerated journalist, and regular contributor to The Appeal who has reported on the conditions prisoners are facing from inside San Quentin as the virus has rapidly spread, has tested positive for COVID-19. https://t.co/pW11mJ3bnQ
— Matt Ferner (@matthewferner) July 2, 2020
Coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin prison triples in just 2 weeks after reckless transfer of inmates https://t.co/OdJmglkhA5)
— Kate Chatfield (@ChatfieldKate) June 18, 2020
In 1970, a federal judge declared Arkansas’s prison system unconstitutional. Fifty years later, as the coronavirus spreads throughout the state’s prisons, inmates say that they are still being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. https://t.co/IPR30f7Z5k
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) June 17, 2020
Here is one more reason why we need to end mass incarceration. In American jails and prisons at least 64,000 people have been infected with COVID-19 and 589 inmates and workers have died. Today we're looking at an unprecedented level of capital punishment.https://t.co/0MisplGpyL
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 14, 2020
The toll continues to mount: follow @MarshallProj tracker to see infections, deaths, testing rates in prisons X-country — the incarcerated and staff. Cheers to @katiepark @ultracasual @Weihua_Li1 and @MarshallProj staff + @AP https://t.co/A9gUv4Fo8w
— Susan Chira (@susanchira) May 15, 2020
“We have seen a handful of states begin to mass test prisoners,” Katie Park of The Marshall Project says of COVID-19 testing in prisons. “But, in a lot of cases states are testing prisoners at a lower rate than the general population.”https://t.co/ykEpBDmqM4
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 16, 2020
My latest: Right now, more than two million Americans are sitting behind bars as the coronavirus outbreak deepens. Many prison systems have ended in-person visits for loved ones. Inmates say there's little they can do to avoid catching the virus. https://t.co/F5xk8Xv7ub
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 15, 2020
In Texas, some counties are excluding incarcerated people who test positive from case counts, masking the prevalence of the virus in rural areas. In at least nine counties, @TexasObserver found, prison cases make up more than 10% of the total.https://t.co/XDJxp8jFUq
— Aaron Littman (@aaronlittman) May 12, 2020
We’ve seen a rapid spread of coronavirus in state & federal prison systems, and not enough is being done to protect incarcerated people from the virus. The Administration must do better. https://t.co/4FKI0YFWKC
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) May 9, 2020
A federal judge is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit designed to force the state to better protect prison inmates from the #coronavirus. https://t.co/mbiG83DeY3
— News12CT (@News12CT) May 16, 2020
Scoop by @josephcneff: halfway houses a new vector of infection—@MarshallProj: Photos Show No Social Distancing In Halfway House https://t.co/tJdD2EbzxV
— Susan Chira (@susanchira) May 16, 2020
WATCH: @KatiePark of The Marshall Project tells @ChuckTodd that "a handful of states are mass testing prisoners" for COVID-19. #MTPDaily
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 15, 2020
Katie Park: "But in a lot of cases, states are testing prisoners at a lower rate than the general population." pic.twitter.com/MCMNIFYFU0
Sad! 