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A CLOSER LOOK: in prison and COVID positive … what happens next?

Title (Dublin Core)

A CLOSER LOOK: in prison and COVID positive … what happens next?

Description (Dublin Core)

This article talks with several people who have loved ones at correctional facilities across Arkansas. One woman explains that her loved on, Derek Coley, age 29, housed in the Cummins Unit, was due to go before the prison board for possible release in June but instead he died from Covid. He told staff he couldn't breath, was taken to the infirmary where they called an ambulance but he died before it arrives. Another incarcerated person sent a letter from an outside hospital to notify his family he was sick with covid, the prison never informed them. A third person said they were tested for Covid, had the virus, and were sent back to their cell, never isolated, and didn't receive any follow up care for days.
The article also outlines the state correctional facilities Policy/Procedures for notifying next of kin.
incarceration, testing, quarantine, ambulance, medical care, hospital, letter, next of kin, prison, Arkansas

Date (Dublin Core)

May 4, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Ninette Sosa

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)

KNWA Fox 24

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Public Health & Hospitals
English Home & Family Life
English Conflict
English Government State

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

testing
quarantine
ambulance
next of kin
death
letter

Collection (Dublin Core)

Incarceration
Deathways

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

08/13/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/14/2020
1/28/2021
08/02/2022
09/24/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

05/04/2020

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This item was submitted on August 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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