Any American inside of or living near a jail or prison faces even greater danger from the Coronavirus pandemic, according to an op-ed published March 16 in The New York Times. Dr. Amanda Klonsky, a scholar of education and mass incarceration, says that the new coronavirus spreads “at its quickest in closed environments,” which makes the prison population and those close to them extremely vulnerable.
Jails and Prisons Will Be Ground Zero for COVID-19, If We Don’t Act Now
