An ‘insane’ covid lockdown two miles from the Capitol, with no end in sight
The Washington Post, April 19, 2021: An ‘insane’ covid lockdown two miles from the Capitol, with no end in sight
“More than a year ago, about 1,500 men and women at the D.C. jail were locked in their cells for 23 hours a day to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
Such extreme confinement has been adopted at other jails and prisons during the pandemic as a temporary, last-ditch measure. But the District’s lockdown differed in a crucial way: It never ended.”
Additional reading:
Equal Justice Initiative, updated April 16, 2021: Covid-19’s Impact on People in Prison
Greenlining, August 27, 2020: The Public Health Case for Prison Abolition During COVID-19
The Marshall Project’s reporting on the Coronavirus
