Although there had been three straight weeks of decreasing coronavirus cases among prisoners, infections rise again this week. There was a steep rise in staff cases after plateauing for nearly two months. https://t.co/qeOZKfSQuD
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) October 23, 2020
🗓 As of this week, at least 93,618 incarcerated people around the country have tested positive for COVID-19. 790 have died.
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 6, 2020
21,725 staff have tested positive. 63 have died.
Mass incarceration is a public health crisis for everyone.
2 California prisoners die of suspected coronavirus complications https://t.co/Pyupb8nUad
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 4, 2020
Someone I know got out of prison right around the time the pandemic hit a peak here. They said so many people inside had Covid and not much was being done then
— Ivie Ani (@ivieani) August 2, 2020
Now, new cases among incarcerated people reached an all-time high mid-Julyhttps://t.co/uvipb7aisM
Virus rate in prisons seen as U.S.' worst https://t.co/HdooHuWVpE
— AR Democrat-Gazette (@ArkansasOnline) August 3, 2020
Arizona corrections officials have said that 517 inmates at the state prison in Tucson have tested positive for the coronavirus even as the overall spread in the state seems to be turning a corner.https://t.co/VD1pTXkwFH
— FOX5 Las Vegas (@FOX5Vegas) August 6, 2020
The spread of the #COVID19 virus in prisons is taking its toll on all of us. Directly or indirectly, everyone is affected, including you. | Via @TaylorMarie1732 https://t.co/5JkdJjzPdR
— Florida CCJR (@betterjusticefl) August 5, 2020
BREAKING: After months of attempting to mitigate COVID-19’s spread through the Florida prison system, Department of Corrections Secretary Mark Inch is facing the highly infectious disease himself. https://t.co/cKbu7rlFMI
— Samantha J. Gross (@samanthajgross) August 1, 2020
This public health crisis has turned a prison sentence into a death sentence. We need to safely release people from jail. Glad to see NJ is on track to make significant progress—but we must do more including passing my bill to do this on the federal level. https://t.co/Yz09OMkMjl
— Sen. Cory Booker (@SenBooker) August 1, 2020
Currently, 43 percent of inmates inside San Juan County jail have contracted the virus. When the Navajo Nation, partly in San Juan County, called for an investigation of prison conditions, county officials refused. https://t.co/Lk0ulDl1Kp
— PSL Salt Lake 🚩 (@pslsaltlake) August 5, 2020
Prisons are not a bubble that contain the virus. Can’t get out of this pandemic without more releases. 6 staff and 49 incarcerated have died. How many more will it take? @GavinNewsom https://t.co/S3SZGZcjTz
— Liz Linn (@LizLinn74) August 3, 2020
San Quentin Prison has experienced the largest outbreak of Covid-19 among prisoners in California, with 168 positive cases as of Tuesday morning, according to @guardian. Learn more about the virus's spread in CA's places of detention with our case study:https://t.co/3KJxG0qhfx
— WorldPeaceFoundation (@WorldPeaceFdtn) August 6, 2020
As COVID-19 continues to spread through Florida prisons, 59 inmates have now died from the virus https://t.co/zTwr7rAJQJ
— Ray Roa (@rayroa) August 6, 2020
For the past few months I've been exchanging letters with Kevin Sawyer, an incarcerated journalist who has gone to incredible lengths to document the coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin Prison while he's locked inside. This is his story: https://t.co/jIRJfLYai0
— Samantha Michaels (@sjmichaels) August 7, 2020
Marijuana sent him to prison for decades. Now he has COVID-19 and is seeking release. https://t.co/AmNAaPcYg2 pic.twitter.com/WyrhW4q3Qc
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) August 7, 2020
Sad! 