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Arkansas Granny

(32,024 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 06:03 PM Jun 2020

Punishment by Pandemic

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/22/punishment-by-pandemic/amp

This article is as much about current prison conditions as it is about COVID19. Some of it is pretty hard reading as it describes some really harrowing stories.

I had no idea that our prison system was this bad.

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Punishment by Pandemic (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Jun 2020 OP
Wow, i feel like im in the 1960s again sigpooie Jun 2020 #1
It's really disgusting. I know that prison isn't meant to be a pleasant place, but Arkansas Granny Jun 2020 #2

Arkansas Granny

(32,024 posts)
2. It's really disgusting. I know that prison isn't meant to be a pleasant place, but
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 10:01 AM
Jun 2020

this sounds almost medieval.

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