"[Governors] face a choice: save lives in prisons now, or hand down potential death sentences with their inaction and watch harm ripple through communities and exacerbate inequities into future generations."
My op-ed with @miriamkrinsky in @theappeal:https://theappeal.org/prisons-are-overwhelmed-with-covid-19-why-arent-governors-doing-more/ …
Makes them more dangerous inside in congregate settings than outside our jails. The jails in this moment of pandemic, are a threat not security for us.
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Doesn't answer my point but creates another question...how are violent criminals more dangerous inside, in a supervised and secure area, than in public where they can move freely to re-offend.
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Because congregate settings are breeding grounds for this virus, and jails are epidemiologically insolated from the rest of the population. They are the recognized epicenters of this crisis.
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