The Central California Women's Facility, the largest women's prison in the world, allegedly quarantined COVID-positive and negative people together.
Hear from those who lived in building 503.
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12/ Lozano, 45, suffers from asthma, lupus, neuropathy, a heart condition and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, an inflammatory lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. https://bit.ly/2IdZ8HL pic.twitter.com/7ZajyZZXPH
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13/ The pandemic has also been especially stressful for many trans people in prison. Mychal Concepcion, a 50-year-old trans man, has spent 22 years at CCWF. Overwhelmingly, prisoners are housed according to their gender assigned at birth, like Concepcion.https://bit.ly/2IdZ8HL
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14/ On July 24, Concepcion went into quarantine in 503. The virus has exacerbated power dynamics in the prison, he said. Because he is trans, staff treat him like he's disposable, he said, like it doesn't matter if he contracts the virus. Staff misgender and demean him.pic.twitter.com/5mreo3vVey
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15/15 All of the people The 19th interviewed are now out of 503. But there are lasting impacts for some. And the fear — of getting the virus, landing back in 503 — is ever present. More from
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