If you are in prison today you are 4 times more likely to become infected with COVID-19, and twice as likely to die. The virus is spreading because prison meals are served in a room with 100 people sitting less than 2 feet apart, and in dormitory prison units bunkbeds are only 3 feet apart. Cleaning supplies, hand soap and facemasks, items public health experts find critical to stopping the spread, are not always available in prisons. With the next COVID-19 surge, conditions will only get worse, and more people will become infected and die. It doesn’t have to be this way. Stand with The Sentencing Project by making a donation as we work to keep prison sentences from becoming death sentences. |
|
You can be at our side as we work across the country to: - Reduce incarceration levels by expediting the release of elderly people and those at high risk for COVID-19
- Insist that people who remain incarcerated have access to testing and PPE, and can socially distance
- Invest in support services for safe and effective reentry
You can also take action and call on Congress to support these recommendations. |
|
