Collected Item: “Reporting on the Death of an Incarcerated Person”
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Reporting on the Death of an Incarcerated Person
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
image
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
This person cautions reporters about stories covering the death of an incarcerated person due to Covid. She expresses he worry that it puts emphasis on the one bad thing they did in their life and doesn't cover any of the things they've done since.
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Twitter, social media, incarceration, prison, jail, death, Covid, reporting, news coverage
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https://twitter.com/SpeedyVeez/status/1291161533704273921
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Allison Villegas
Give this story a date.
2020-08-05