In an effort to control the spread of COVID-19, the DC jail has been holding people in what amounts to solitary confinement for 23 hours a day for nearly 400 days straight. Many say solitary confinement has its own health issues and amounts to a human rights abuse.
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Libby Solomon is a writer and editor for GGWash. She was previously a reporter for the Baltimore Sun covering the Baltimore suburbs and a writer for Johns Hopkins University’s Centers for Civic Impact. A Baltimore resident, Libby enjoys running and painting in her spare time.
Governor's Bridge, which links Bowie and Davidsonville across the Patuxent River, won't re-open until the summer of 2019, according to officials from both counties, who briefed about 80 area residents issue Wednesday night in Bowie.