Links for updates on COVID-19 in prisons
We are posting some links here so people can keep informed as to what is happening with COVID-19 in state and federal prisons:
UCLA Covid-19 Behind Bars Data Project:
Prison Policy Initiative has some excellent information:
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/virus/virusresponse.html
Here is one from the ACLU:
https://www.aclu.org/issues/prisoners-rights
On April 10, a team of data scientists, criminologists, and law professors began a concerted effort to gather data
to learn more about how incarcerated people and correctional staff are being affected by Covid-19:
The next two are specific to the Federal Bureau of Prisons:
https://www.bop.gov/resources/news_stories.jsp
https://www.bop.gov/coronavirus/
For New York State, use the following link:
https://doccs.ny.gov/doccs-covid-19-report
https://legalaidnyc.org/covid-19-infection-tracking-in-nyc-jails/
We will post more links as we encounter them. If you find good links, please email to nycjericho@gmail.com
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