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BlueTigerLion 11/12/20 9:34:21 PM #1: |
https://www.vox.com/2020/11/12/21562278/jails-prisons-texas-covid-19-coronavirus-crime-prisoners-death
Over 230 people have died from Covid-19 in Texass correctional facilities and in county jails, nearly 80 percent of them were in pretrial detention and hadnt even been convicted of a crime, according to a new report. The 231 figure is likely to be a conservative count. As the researchers note, TDCJ and county jails update death reports after autopsies are conducted, sometimes months after the fact. Additionally, many people have died without ever having been tested for COVID, and others died due to a preexisting conditioned worsened by the virus and are not counted in this figure. Texas isnt alone: Despite the alarms sounded by policy experts, correctional officers, and prisoners themselves earlier this year, Covid-19 has been allowed to ravage prison populations, harming inmates, correctional officers, and the surrounding communities for months. Civil rights groups and criminal justice experts advocated reducing the prison population as much as possible to flatten the curve. Unfortunately, few states took serious action to combat the virus in prisons and jails according to a June ACLU report, no state earned more than a D-, and most earned Fs. Yikes --- Hey now. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Poop2 11/12/20 9:39:23 PM #2: |
jfc
and people were bitching about them being released get the fucking point now? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Machete 11/12/20 9:40:20 PM #3: |
Texas, stop being Texas please. We get the point.
--- Who can @ Mention me? -Nobody- "the final thing that set the mods off was a picture of two lions having sex." -boxington ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CyricZ 11/12/20 9:52:07 PM #4: |
The cruelty is the point.
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