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“This is a public health crisis and you have cut them off from the outside world.”
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“Right now, the COVID outbreak at Elmira Prison, by far the largest yet, threatens countless lives both behind bars and in the surrounding communities.”
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Use of force reports from Bucks County jail offer a glimpse into a criminal justice system unequipped to deal with people who may be having a crisis.
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“It takes resources away from the things that we actually need in our community, that make our community thrive."
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"The folks that are incarcerated in the prisons in our region are potentially a huge source of contagion."
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"Tell them I am doing well, taking it day by day. Spending most of the days sleeping. Symptoms seem to come and go in waves."
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The states of California, Ohio and Texas are already releasing some prisoners to prevent a major outbreak in their prisons.
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"It is wrong for New York State to have prisoners do those types of labor, because they're getting paid slave wages."
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Among other things, the measures would impose longer sentences for assaulting guards, and punish inmates for a broader range of crimes.
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Union leaders interpreted Corrections Secretary John Wetzel’s quiet aside at a prison closure hearing as dismissive.