No visits and barely any calls – pandemic makes separation even scarier for people with a family member in prison
- Written by Alexander Testa, Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, The University of Texas at San Antonio
A Texas woman shows a picture of her 21-year-old son, who has been incarcerated during the pandemic. AP Photo/LM OteroJails and prisons in the United States had a coronavirus infection rate three times greater than the general population, with an average of 1,400 new COVID-19 infections and seven deaths every day over the past year.
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