April 1, 2020
Dr. Yusef Salaam, who was wrongfully incarcerated in 1990 after being falsely accused with four other young men for the rape of a woman jogging in New York’s Central Park, implored elected Mississippi officials and law enforcement to do more to combat the spread of COVID-19 in America’s prisons and jails. Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
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Local Jails, Prisons a Petri Dish for COVID-19?
Prisoner advocates describe the COVID-19 situation as a ticking time bomb in Mississippi, where 19,000 people are serving sentences behind state prison bars and 5,200 people languish for months or ...
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