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Alexandra Harrington, Covid And Prisons: Grappling With The Effects Of The Pandemic On Incarceration, Alexandra Harrington May 2021

Alexandra Harrington, Covid And Prisons: Grappling With The Effects Of The Pandemic On Incarceration, Alexandra Harrington

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In the last year, roughly 10% of the U.S. population has tested positive for COVID-19. In that same period, about 28% of people incarcerated in U.S. prisons tested positive for the virus. More than 2,500 incarcerated people have died of COVID-related causes. Trapped in congregate settings with little to no ability to socially distance or protect themselves from COVID, people in prisons are particularly vulnerable in the midst of a global pandemic.


Nadine Shaanta Murshid, Unprecedented Times, Nadine Shaanta Murshid Oct 2020

Nadine Shaanta Murshid, Unprecedented Times, Nadine Shaanta Murshid

Baldy Center Blog

In my work, I focus on violence which is explicitly and implicitly embedded in patriarchy, racism, and capitalism. I hold institutions accountable as I analyze policies and procedures that produce the social problems that we see around us. Here are four thoughts I’d like to share