I remember you so always telling me that when I couldn't see, when I was in Crossway,

I couldn't see the outside world at all.

What I could do is hear it from the phone conversation.

And it felt like my sense of hearing would heighten because I could tell what room she

was in based upon the kind of air right here.

I could tell when she's in the car.

I could tell when she's outside, when she's walking.

I could tell by her breath that she's doing something different.

And I still have that extra sense, like the height and sense of hearing.

So now that we're sheltering in place, everyone is forced to pick up another sense or enhance

what other senses they have.

This is Death, Sex, and Money from WNYC.

I'm Anna Sale.

In many communities in the country right now, people are having to decide how close

they feel comfortable being with people they live near, as rules keeping us apart

have started to shift.

But some people have not had the option of distance, including the 2.3 million people

in America's jails and prisons.

And coronavirus is inside those walls with them.

More than 46,000 inmates have tested positive for coronavirus, and at least 548 have died

from it, according to the Marshall Project and the Associated Press.

They say that, you know, listen, my bump is three feet away from someone else's bump.

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