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Prisoners are 5 times more likely to get COVID-19 than the overall population. A 69-year old prisoner is trying to change that one livestream at a time.
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January 22, 2021, 2:40 PM·15 min read
The COVID-19 pandemic is tearing through US prisons, with inmates 5.5 times more likely to catch the disease than the overall population.
One prisoner under home confinement, 69-year-old Rufus Rochelle, is calling for the release of prisoners in daily Facebook Live streams.
Correctional facilities are desperately lacking PPE and other health resources, and can hardly enforce social distancing measures.
On the evening that Rufus Rochelle saw the future, he was watching the news in a crowded room.