Michigan Department of Corrections facilities closed to visitation in March 2020 in an attempt to stem the spread of COVID-19 in prison. Since then, DCC researchers have corresponded with incarcerated people to learn more about their conditions of confinement during COVID-19. This series of rapid response reports highlights some of their findings and emphasizes the need to reduce the prison population in Michigan in order to effectively curtail the transmission of the virus. Each report features the voices of incarcerated people who have shared their experiences and provided their own recommendations about what actions must be taken.
For additional resources on Michigan prisons during the era of COVID-19, see the Carceral State Project and AFSC’s July 2020 white paper “I Don’t Want to Die in Prison” and DCC’s general COVID-19 campaign page.
