Ep. 194 - Trump and America's governors need to release sick & elderly people from prison starting TODAY

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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The coronavirus is going to impact the most vulnerable people and communities among us. Today Shaun starts to unpack what that's going to mean for America's jails and prisons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.6	One thing that's super, super clear to me is that we don't have any idea whatsoever how many people in this
0:47.2	country actually have the coronavirus. Why? Because we're not doing the
0:51.9	testing. And if we don't know in our cities in in New York
0:56.3	City in Los Angeles and Houston and your hometown in major cities and states all
1:01.4	over the country.
1:02.7	If we don't know how many people we have
1:04.9	who actually have the coronavirus,
1:07.7	we have no idea how it's spreading
1:10.6	or how effective we are by being in isolation.
1:14.0	Well, imagine if we don't have any idea how the coronavirus is spreading for us,
1:20.0	I need to take a moment and imagine what it must be like in America's overcrowded
1:27.6	jails and prisons. I need to break something down for you. This is Sean King and you are listening to
1:34.3	The Breakdown.
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