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The Daily DC

Prisoner's Dilemma: COVID-19 and the Legal System

The Daily DC

CNN

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4.4621 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

America's prisons are coronavirus hotspots and prisoners are turning to the courts for help. CNN Supreme Court Reporter Ariane De Vogue joins CNN Correspondent Kristen Holmes to bring you voices from inside America's penitentiaries and break down the complicated legal fights. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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episode last week, but then decided to talk about the monumental events coming out of Minneapolis

1:09.6

instead. But we still think that this episode is one you should hear, so we'll bring it to you now.

1:16.3

It's cold. It's from the Miami-Jave Metro West Detention Center.

1:21.2

Treat us like they really don't give it down.

1:23.8

We had to sell for the people that catch the problem.

1:26.5

It could have happened to me because I'm 51 going on 52.

1:30.2

And anyone else can die anytime if we take a turn for the worst.

1:39.1

Those were prisoners in Florida sharing their fears over coronavirus with the Hear Us Project.

1:44.8

Now, the county that runs the prison where they're housed says that it is giving soap and

1:49.5

masks to inmates ramping up testing and that inmates are, quote, instructed to sleep in staggered

1:56.8

formation head to toe. Hi, everyone. I'm CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes in for David Chalien,

2:03.3

and this is the Daily D.C. Across the country, prisons and jails have emerged as coronavirus

2:09.2

hotspots. They have cramped cells and overcrowded facilities, and these are all the things that

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