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My Prison Is Still Flouting Public Health Guidelines

My Prison Is Still Flouting Public Health Guidelines MY MASK HANGS just below my nose, elastic worn and stretched out. Frequently, I pull it up, but it refuses to remain in place. I soldier on toward the dining hall with the rest of the prisoners. We’re herded in large clusters to our meal pickups in narrow corridors where social distancing is impossible. Once we get there, a guard at the entrance confronts me. “You need to have your mask on at all times, in a proper manner, no exceptions,” he says.  I don’t bother to argue or waste time trying to explain that the mask is worn out, has deteriorated beyond usefulness. I hold it above my nose until he is out of sight. I look over to see three guards sitting merely a foot or two apart from each other. Two have their masks resting on their chins, mouth and nose fully exposed while laughing and joking around. I wonder why the guard hasn’t reminded his co-workers to wear their masks properly. I’m annoyed as I continue toward

Americans need COVID-19 stimulus checks, relief, including prisoners

Christopher Blackwell The Washington State Reformatory, which is a prison that houses almost 800 people, is about to receive federal stimulus checks. Many people are opposed to this, but prisoners have families too, and deserve an equal opportunity to support them. Christopher Blackwell is a writer who is incarcerated at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, Washington. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author. The Washington State Reformatory (WSR), the prison in which I live, incarcerates approximately 780 individuals and is about to receive an economic boost close to $1 million., The money is not from our state budget, which is shrinking, but from federal government stimulus checks. 

A Vaccine Could Save Prisoners Lives Christians Can Help

As states begin to roll out their plans for COVID-19 vaccination, the limited number of doses have prompted tough public conversations about how to prioritize vulnerable populations. Most states agree that health care workers, nursing home residents, and people with high-risk comorbidities should be at the top of the list. But another vulnerable population has proved more controversial: incarcerated people. Medical and public health experts, including the American Medical Association, agree that incarcerated people face tremendous danger from the virus, given that social distancing in America’s overcrowded prisons is impossible. Prisoners also face inadequate testing, a shortage of soap and masks, and substandard health care. As a result, the virus has already spread widely in prisons. The Marshall Project reported that, as of December 8, at least 249,883 people in American prisons had tested positive, a 10 percent increase over the past week, including 1,657 fatalities. Contracti

Married Texas teachers die from COVID-19 complications holding hands

Married Texas teachers die from COVID-19 complications holding hands after doctors said they would not survive and the family decided to pull life support Married teachers Paul Blackwell, 61, and Rose Mary Blackwell, 65, passed away holding hands on Sunday from COVID-19 complications in Texas  They were hospitalized in early December and had been on ventilators in the intensive care unit prior to their deaths   Last week doctors told the family they would not survive and they decided to discontinue their life support  Hospital workers brought the couple side by side and interlocked their hands  They said til death do us part.that’s how that went, their son Christopher said  

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