prisons

During the week of Christmas, four staff members and 21 inmates at the Steuben County Jail tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

"We recognize that visitation is a vital part of family reunification and therefore, we will resume it when safe to do so.

“They feel like they’re sort of cut off from the outside world right now which is scary when you’re in a situation like that."

“These inmates are being denied treatment, they are being denied access to their families."

“This is a public health crisis and you have cut them off from the outside world.”

“Right now, the COVID outbreak at Elmira Prison, by far the largest yet, threatens countless lives both behind bars and in the surrounding communities.”

Use of force reports from Bucks County jail offer a glimpse into a criminal justice system unequipped to deal with people who may be having a crisis.

“It takes resources away from the things that we actually need in our community, that make our community thrive."

"The folks that are incarcerated in the prisons in our region are potentially a huge source of contagion."

"Tell them I am doing well, taking it day by day. Spending most of the days sleeping. Symptoms seem to come and go in waves."