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Unprotected in Prison: Pleas for Help from the Inside

Title (Dublin Core)

Unprotected in Prison: Pleas for Help from the Inside

Description (Dublin Core)

As covid-19 spread across the nation it's inmates began expressing their fear of dying. The living situation inside prisons and other similar facilities, like jails and detention centers, make social distancing impossible and right now frequent hand washing, and wearing a mask are the only tools the world has to combat the virus.
Prisoner's and their advocates state that a prison sentence should not be turned into a death sentence.
In this phone interview and article published by ACLU Smart Justice Michigan, inmate, Quentin X Betty, shares his fear of dying and the reality that employees and the prison do not see inmates as humans with a right to life.
HST580, ASU
death, prison, incarcerated, retribution, deathsentence, humane, Michigan, ACLU
audio interview
HST 580

Date (Dublin Core)

April 14, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Curt Guyette

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Chris Twing

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Government State
English Health & Wellness

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

humane
death
prison
retribution
Michigan
ACLU

Collection (Dublin Core)

Incarceration
Deathways

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Curatorial Notes (Dublin Core)

From 03/2020 until 11/2022 we redacted information revealing covid and vaccination status of those other than the contributor but discontinued that practice on 11/14/2022. This note was bulk added to any item with the word "redacted" or "redact" in curatorial notes, so may not apply to all on which it appears. Erin Craft 12/28/2022

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

06/13/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/19/2020
01/30/2021
12/28/2022
08/02/2022
10/13/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

04/14/2020

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This item was submitted on June 13, 2020 by Chris Twing using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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