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1/"As the explosion of infections in San Quentin Prison demonstrates, the cost of inaction is catastrophic.”
Read this @SFChronicle op ed w/ @ScottColom on the evolving tragedy behind bars. Ignoring the problem (by lack of testing) won’t make it go away https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Tragedy-of-COVID-19-in-prisons-shows-need-for-15378357.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
Read this @SFChronicle op ed w/ @ScottColom on the evolving tragedy behind bars. Ignoring the problem (by lack of testing) won’t make it go away https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Tragedy-of-COVID-19-in-prisons-shows-need-for-15378357.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
2/ “As countless Americans take to the streets in defense of Black lives and call for the transformation of policing, we must not neglect the threat that COVID-19 continues to present and the urgent need for immediate decarceration.”
3/ Nine of our nation’s ten largest outbreak hotspots are prisons & jails and over 70,000 ppl behind bars have been infected and over 625 have died. Someone’s worst mistake should not result in a de facto death sentence.
4/ "As calls for justice abound, elected leaders must do more & not settle for a state of ignorance around the scale of the virus’ spread behind bars. The death toll will not end if we refuse to acknowledge the problem....Our communities are taking to the streets to demand more."
