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COVID-19 Makes Deciding Who Gets Out of Jail Urgent

COVID-19 Makes Deciding Who Gets Out of Jail Urgent

From70 Million


COVID-19 Makes Deciding Who Gets Out of Jail Urgent

From70 Million

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Sep 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

James Howard III was arrested this spring and sent to Chicago’s Cook County Jail a few weeks into the state's coronavirus lockdown. Crowded, unsanitary, and with little means of social distancing, the single-site jail experienced a rapid outbreak of COVID-19. Mark Betancourt reports on the unprecedented steps officials took to control the outbreak, and the urgent attempts of families to keep their loved ones safe. Sign up for our newsletter today.
Released:
Sep 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (60)

This award-winning and Peabody-nominated podcast documents how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards. Reporters travel around the country and hear from people directly impacted by their encounter with jails and to chronicle the progress ground-up efforts have made in diversion, bail reform, recidivism, adoption of technology and other crucial aspects of the move toward decarceration at local levels.