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Have we heard what is happening in the detention centers?, the trump virus has hit prisons (Original Post) Demonaut Mar 2020 OP
Here in Illinois, we are considering a mass release frazzled Mar 2020 #1
where will they go?..friggin anarchy Demonaut Mar 2020 #2
They're not releasing every prisoner frazzled Mar 2020 #3
and test them first Demonaut Mar 2020 #4

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
1. Here in Illinois, we are considering a mass release
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 08:41 PM
Mar 2020

of low- level offenders. One employee and now two inmates have tested positive and are ill in one prison, so what was being considered will probably happen soon.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
3. They're not releasing every prisoner
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 08:46 PM
Mar 2020

Just low-level offenders. I don’t think they are going to endanger the public. It’s why they’ve waited. But it’s cruel and inhuman to keep petty thieves locked up in crowded conditions when a potentially lethal pandemic has already hit the prisons. They need to thin out the population, judiciously, and observe social distancing.

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