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As COVID-19 surges through North Carolina’s prison system, families are struggling to make contact with loved ones behind bars.
On March 16, 2020, the North Carolina Division of Prisons suspended visits to all state prison facilities. Since then, communication between family members and their incarcerated relatives has proved more difficult, and several families contacted said they are worried.
Photograph courtesy of Linda Taylor
Linda Taylor (right) and her son Robert Windsor (left) during a prison visit, a few months before Windsor was diagnosed with ALS.
Linda Taylor, mother of Robert Lane Windsor, said she has only heard from her son a few times since March 16, through one video call and some phone calls, despite his worsening medical condition.
Even though Maine prisoners live in crowded, congregate settings, and some are older and have underlying health conditions, it’s unclear when they’ll get