While the pandemic imposes confinement on the whole world, who thinks of prisoners and prison staff? Jay-Z and Meek Mill. Through their association for the criminal reform REFORM, the two rappers announced the sending of nearly 100,000 surgical masks to several American prisons, including those of Parchman, in the Mississippi, and Rikers Island, in New York, for that everyone, doctors, guards, and prisoners, can be equipped.
“It is a very vulnerable population. We are very concerned because many people are entering and leaving these establishments and those who live inside may be trapped, "said Jessica Jackson, REFORM manager.
Overcrowded prisons
Many experts have indeed warned against the speed with which the virus can circulate in prison, insofar as it is impossible to respect the recommendations of social distancing. According to CBS News, 231 prisoners and 232 prison guards in New York have already been infected with the virus. Harvey Weinstein, detained at Rikers, was reportedly hit.
Last weekend, according to CBS, the mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, announced the release of 650 prisoners, to free up space in some overcrowded establishments.
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