The Constitution requires us to protect people in prisons from diseases like Covid-19. Courts have ruled over and over that we need to protect people in prisons from unsafe, life threatening conditions.https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/insight-protecting-prisoners-in-pandemics-is-a-constitutional-must …
Replying to @chesaboudin
Actually, the constitution doesn’t contain anything along those lines, unless I’m missing something. The closest thing is the 8th amendment and considering this is hitting people in public and jail it is neither cruel nor unusual. Plus, they get “free” healthcare in jail.
8:05 AM - 31 Mar 2020
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