The Coronavirus Crisis
New York City owns and operates a public cemetery on Hart Island, which has been tended by prison labor. Now prisoners are being asked to dig mass graves.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Delivery workers say they lack clear guidance as to what to do if they are exposed to the coronavirus or how they will be compensated if they get sick.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Women at a Louisiana ICE detention center are using video visitation software to communicate their fears of contracting the coronavirus.
The War on Immigrants
“You don't want to give us parole, let us go home. Give us court dates so that we can attend our court proceedings,” one of the women said of ICE.
The rapid spread of coronavirus is expediting long-awaited reforms like the release of nonviolent offenders from prison, where disease easily spreads.
The Coronavirus Crisis
As the coronavirus was spreading in New York City, ICE was arresting as many immigrants as possible in a politicized crackdown.
The Coronavirus Crisis
The New York governor wants to shove through legislation that would put more people in jails, where they are highly vulnerable to coronavirus infections.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Anti-abortion crusaders in Ohio and Texas are trying to further their ideological cause in the midst of a pandemic.
Voices
There’s no karmic justice in an illness that will indiscriminately infect thousands of people who are locked behind bars.
The Coronavirus Crisis
If dire predictions for the death count at Rikers Island come to pass, the list of people directly responsible for those deaths will be very short.
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