THE ACLU is involved in a nationwide campaign calling on the drumpf / trumpf-pence administration and all state governors to help stop the spread of the coronavirus / Covid-19. There are links to e mail the White House and your governor and a letter from the ACLU you can copy and past if you want
STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19: FREE THE ELDERLY AND SICK FROM PRISONS AND JAILS
Public health experts are sounding the alarm of the threat that prisons and jails pose in this pandemic. There is a heightened risk of infection for people who are involved in the criminal legal system – people living in it, staff, and the communities they return home to. And as mass incarceration disproportionately targets Black and brown communities, these groups will be impacted the most.
That's why we're calling on President Trump and all state governors to heed the recommendations of public health professionals: Release communities who are most vulnerable to COVID-19 – particularly the elderly and sick – and reduce overcrowding in our criminal legal system.
It's on all of us to call for immediate actions that will protect the people most vulnerable to this pandemic – that includes those involved in the criminal legal system. Downsizing the footprint of the criminal legal system must be a part of the COVID-19 public health response.
To President Trump and all state governors:
Follow public health expert advice by releasing communities vulnerable to COVID-19 from jails and prisons. There is heightened risk of infection for people who are involved in the criminal legal system, including staff. This is an essential step in stopping the spread of this pandemic.
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