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One Year Later: The Pandemic Behind Bars

How the coronavirus compounded the failings of the criminal justice system.

Kareen Troitino, the corrections officer union president for FCI Miami, stands outside the federal prison on March 12, 2021.
One Year Later: The Pandemic Behind Bars March 15, 2021
“Hell No”: Correctional Officers Are Declining The Coronavirus Vaccine En Masse
Public health experts worry that high refusal rates could undermine efforts to control the pandemic inside and outside of prisons.
By AND Michael Sisak
Teenagers at the Hillsborough County Juvenile Detention Center East in Tampa, Florida, in September 2020.
One Year Later: The Pandemic Behind Bars March 8, 2021
Many Juvenile Jails Are Now Almost Entirely Filled With Young People of Color
Thousands of kids were freed from juvenile detention during the pandemic. They were more likely to be White, data shows.
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Christian Millett gets the first of two COVID-19 vaccine shots from Alyssa Dobbs, a contractor in the medical department at the Worcester County House of Corrections in West Boylston, Mass., in January.
One Year Later: The Pandemic Behind Bars March 1, 2021
We Asked People Behind Bars How They Feel About Getting Vaccinated
A Marshall Project survey of the incarcerated showed widespread interest in the coronavirus vaccine as well as pervasive distrust of the prison medical system.
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