Collected Item: “VICE News: Inmates Dying of Covid”
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VICE News: Inmates Dying of Covid
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As inmates across the US die, many families are not sure if they have died from covid-19 because inmates are not being tested and finding out after the inmate passes requires families to pay out of pocket for an autopsy. This video follows families in New Jersey, a state whose prison population has been hit hard by covid-19.
Covid has shed a light on many inequities across American society and the inequities suffered by inmates and families are terrible in normal times but are even worse due to the pandemic.
Covid has shed a light on many inequities across American society and the inequities suffered by inmates and families are terrible in normal times but are even worse due to the pandemic.
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prison, incarceration, autopsy, death sentence, funeral, New Jersey
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https://twitter.com/vicenews/status/1275247201363488768
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Vice News
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2020-06-22