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This piece by @premaldharia explains how #COVIDー19 could spark a humanitarian crisis inside prisons and jails. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/coronavirus-civil-rights-jails-and-prisons.html … #StopCOVID19inJails

Jails and prisons are the perfect incubators for #COVIDー19. Health care in these facilities is often abysmal. This article from @nhbaptiste explains what jails and prisons should be doing to improve access to healthcare. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/03/correctional-facilities-are-the-perfect-incubators-for-the-coronavirus/ … #StopCOVID19inJails

People everywhere are being encouraged to use hand sanitizer to protect themselves from #COVIDー19. But inside jails and prisons, hand sanitizer is considered contraband, making it easier for the virus to spread. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/03/06/when-purell-is-contraband-how-do-you-contain-coronavirus … #StopCOVID19inJails

Many criminal courts are closing in response to #COVIDー19, including right here in Cook County. This @NPR interview with @premaldharia focuses on the implications for accused people. https://www.npr.org/2020/03/14/815778399/what-happens-to-peoples-legal-cases-as-coronavirus-shuts-down-courts … #StopCOVID19inJails

"Humanity Not Cages: Demanding a Just and Humane Response to Outbreak" details how prisons, jails, detention centers, & prison industry corporations should respond to #COVIDー19. From @ColorOfChange, @PrisonPolicy, @Mjiente + more. https://humaneoutbreakresponse.org  #StopCOVID19inJails

.@PrisonPolicy offers up these five policy proposals that would help slow the spread of #COVIDー19 in jails and prisons while also mitigating the everyday impact of incarceration on public health. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/03/06/pandemic/ … #StopCOVID19inJails

Across the country, public defenders are moving to free people from jails, where they are uniquely vulnerable. In San Francisco Officials Push to Reduce Jail Population to Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak https://theappeal.org/coronavirus-san-francisco-reduce-jail-population/ … #StopCOVID19inJails

In New Orleans, Public defenders request the release of people from jail due to coronavirus https://thelensnola.org/2020/03/12/public-defenders-request-the-release-of-all-non-violent-offenders-in-jail-due-to-coronavirus/ … #StopCOVID19inJails

Nashville Public Defender: Release Vulnerable Defendants Without Bail https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pith-in-the-wind/article/21121800/nashville-public-defender-release-vulnerable-defendants-without-bail … #StopCOVID19inJails

In Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Jail is releasing hundreds of incarcerated people as coronavirus spreads. Officials say “almost any[one] could be considered.” https://fox8.com/news/coronavirus/cuyahoga-county-jail-inmates-being-released-due-to-concern-of-coronavirus-spread/ … #StopCOVID19inJails

.@DetentionWatch is collecting signatures demanding the immediate release of all people in ICE custody. https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/releases/2020/threat-coronavirus-outbreak-immigration-detention-facilities-advocates-say … Add your organization’s name: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdM12oUrLacET8HpWJkkWcvOYogQ7C9-U62ZJ11tGz4hKTw1w/viewform … #StopCOVID19inJails #ReleaseThemAll

.@phillybailfund, @phillybailout + others: “Coalition Calls for City to Release People from Philadelphia Jails and to Declare a Moratorium on Incarceration Ahead of the COVID-19 Virus” http://bit.ly/38Nmj3n  #StopCOVID19inJails

The @katalcenter for Health, Equity, and Justice Demands That People in Connecticut Jails and Prisons Be Released Amid COVID-19 Concerns https://www.katalcenter.org/ctcovid-19  #StopCOVID19inJails

.@RVABailFund has joined a coalition of organizations calling on the county to release people from jail and halt new admissions to stop the spread of #COVIDー19: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v7XHSwsw2hPN9Ek-U-thP7Ho9focqC94dGvvYhySolE/edit … #StopCOVID19inJails

The @ACLUofKY is calling for the immediate release of Kentuckians incarcerated simply because they cannot afford to pay money bail. “No person should ever have to buy their freedom, especially during a public health emergency.” https://www.aclu-ky.org/Covid19  #StopCOVID19inJails

We are proud to have joined with over 50 other organizations to call on Cook County to Protect Public Health through the Decarceration of Cook County Jail. https://chicagobond.org/2020/03/13/open-letter-to-cook-county-regarding-covid-19-and-cook-county-jail-protect-public-health-through-decarceration/ … #StopCOVID19inJails

Also here in Illinois, advocates & organizers are making demands to free people from state prisons. Pritzker should release elderly, ailing prisoners from state jails amid coronavirus outbreak, activists say https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/3/12/21177045/coronavirus-covid-19-prisons-illinois-pritzker-clemency-italy-iran … #StopCOVID19inJails

“Illinois must show compassion when coronavirus hits our elderly prison population” by @jobip (@JusticeRestore) & @jsoble1 (@IllinoisPrison): https://www.injusticewatch.org/commentary/2020/coronavirus-in-prisons/ … #StopCOVID19inJails

Signatures are still being collected for IL-CHEP’s open Letter to Governor J.B Pritzker on Coronavirus in Illinois Prisons. Join @EJPillinois & 1,000’s of others by signing: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczjYVa8LwBAbjz4R1ho-12zzWoZ_rIcqWAkjnhogof4adHqw/viewform … #StopCOVID19inJails

Denver, Aurora police no longer sending officers to low-level crimes to minimize spread of #COVIDー19 https://www.denverpost.com/2020/03/13/denver-aurora-police-coronavirus/amp/?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR3MUrY5qAEMIayN92Lb4JdW4-3ya8lFZmb9_CM5iI6dFGcZmjhA49fm8Ak … #StopCOVID19inJails