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    During the Pandemic, a Prison Funeral for Our Angel

    Despite coronavirus-related lockdown and a skittish staff, prisoners at California Women’s Facility pulled off a full-fledged memorial service for a beloved long-termer.
    by Michele Scott Aug 14, 2020 5 minutes

    For months we had been struggling with all the changes of lockdown—the social distancing and canceled programming that COVID-19 brought to the front door of every cell in Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, known as the world's largest female prison.

    Any expectation of social distancing in a prison is a joke. And during this pandemic, a very ugly and deadly joke. Especially for women. We are social, we are nurturers, and we touch and comfort one another as naturally as breathing. Fighting the instinct of interaction presents a daily challenge.

    We are locked in our rooms for the majority of each day. Imagine a one-car garage. Can you picture it? The sides of your car barely a few feet from the enclosing walls. Now remove the car and replace it with four metal double-bunk beds,

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