The ethics of incarceration during a pandemic

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🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

What coronavirus means for crowded prisons, from reporter Kimberly Kindy. The tension in a community that’s dealing with a deadly outbreak but reluctant to shut down its economy, from Cleve Wootson. And, how the virus is separating extended families, from Caitlin Gibson.

Amid fears that the coronavirus will be particularly deadly in the crowded prisons and jails, counties and states are releasing thousands of inmates.

A pro-Trump community in Florida, hit early by virus, sits at emotional nexus of national debate over reopening economy amid health crisis

Kids are coronavirus carriers. Their grandparents are their caretakers, and they’re vulnerable.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:05.0	Hello, Hayo.
0:07.0	Here's the Northeastern back from the Washington Post.
0:09.0	Hi, this is Beth Ryan, the Washington Post.
0:11.0	Glory, Arightani, over at the post.
0:13.0	I'm...
0:14.0	This is Post Reports.
0:15.0	I'm Martine Powers.
0:18.0	It's Tuesday, March 31st.
0:22.0	Today, coronavirus in prisons.
0:26.0	A community torn between saving businesses and saving lives.
0:30.0	And families separated by social distancing.
0:36.0	They've been concerned about those incarcerated update,
0:41.0	in terms of our jail system, as of last night,
0:44.0	over 650 inmates have been released.
0:47.0	In the last couple of weeks, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio
0:51.0	has been doing something controversial,
0:53.0	releasing people from jail to protect them from coronavirus.
0:57.0	Again, working carefully with the state of New York
1:00.0	and the DAs and being very, very mindful of public safety
1:04.0	while also being mindful of deep humanitarian concern.
1:07.0	According to The New York Times,
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