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Apr 08, 2020
“They Don’t Care if You Die”: Immigrants in ICE Detention Fear the Spread of COVID-19
Mario Rodas, Sr. first found out there was a deadly virus spreading through the country while he was watching television at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts. In early March, Rodas had been pulled over and arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
Apr 07, 2020
Police are Enforcing Public Health Orders, but that Doesn’t Make them Public Health Experts
In a desperate effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, state and local officials are following the advice of public health experts to impose severe restrictions on American life, such as social distancing and shelter-at-home orders.
Mar 31, 2020
The Time is Now: Pregnant People Incarcerated in North Carolina Must be Released.
Being pregnant in prison is a humiliating, dehumanizing, and dangerous experience in the best of circumstances. Pregnant incarcerated people have to fear loss of reproductive choices, shackling, and solitary confinement, as well as the inevitable separation from their newborns.
Mar 30, 2020
Gov. Cooper Must Save the Lives of Those Living and Working in NC Prisons.
A prison sentence should not become a death sentence. But our prisons are ill-equipped to handle the likely outbreak of COVID-19.
By Kristie Puckett-Williams
Mar 23, 2020
This is No Time to Play Politics with our Democracy
To ensure elections proceed and eligible Americans can vote, any federal legislative package addressing the impact of COVID-19 on our elections must include an immediate, substantial infusion of federal funding and federal requirements for no-excuse mail-in absentee voting and early in-person voting
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