Megan Wilson op-ed in the Michigan Daily: “COVID in Custody–One Year into the Failed Pandemic Response in Michigan’s Prisons” (March 25, 2021) In the year since…
Tag: covid-19
Tyrone Lee Reyes-Putting Our Health at Risk (June 15, 2020)
To: The Carceral State Project From: Tyrone Lee Reyes It was looking as if things were looking brighter, with more and more Covid-19 patients recovering.…
William Lopez in Slate: How America Treats Its Essential Workers (May 28, 2010)
William Lopez and Rebekah Diamond (Columbia University) profile Maria Domingo Garcia, an undocumented mother and ‘essential worker’ deported to Mexico, in Slate (May 28, 2020). Read…
Anonymous-Covid-19 in El Paso County Jail (May 20, 2020)
COVID-19 May 20, 2020 Anonymous Here in El Paso, TX there’s an average of about 30-35 cases per day. The recent surge in cases is…
Aaron James-Covid-19 at Cooper Street (May 7, 2020)
Hello, Ashley, Thank you genuinely for reaching out to me during this isolate season of death and eerie social Darwinism. It’s your heart guided by…
Efrén Paredes, Jr.-Juvenile Lifers Stricken With COVID-19 in Michigan Prisons (May 26, 2020)
As Michigan leads the nation in the chilling number of COVID-19 deaths occurring inside its prison, 196 incarcerated people sentenced to mandatory life without parole…
Samantha Bachynski-Covid-19 at Women’s Huron Valley
Samantha Bachynski #625781 Women’s Huron Valley 3201 Bemis Rd. Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Letter to Ashley Lucas April 30, 2020 Dear Ashley, I received your letter…
Tyrone Lee Reyes-How Far Away from Humanity We Really Are (May 16, 2020)
To: The Carceral State Project From: Tyrone Lee Reyes What are your hopes and fears in the present situation? What lessons could folks in prison…
India Porter–What I Observe Happening at Women’s Huron Valley (April 10, 2020)
India Porter letter about Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility to Ashley Lucas (PCAP/DCC). What I observe happening: For me, time in prison always seemed to…
Tyrone Lee Reyes–All of Our Lives and Health Is on the Line (May 13, 2020)
To: The Carceral State Project From: Tyrone Lee Reyes How has the crisis affected how the prison runs and how staff and incarcerated folks treat…