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Why protecting prisons from COVID-19 is everyone’s problem

thebridginggroup
Jan 15, 2021
1 min read

The COVID-19 pandemic that has devastated the United States has raged with particular ferocity inside prisons and jails. Such facilities are characterized by poor sanitation and health care, and house large concentrations of high-risk individuals; social distancing is nearly impossible.

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2021/0113/Why-protecting-prisons-from-COVID-19-is-everyone-s-problem

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