The coronavirus pandemic should be the start, not the end, of criminal justice reform, California lawmakers say
Amanda Johnson, 31, holds hands with her son Mack Darbey, 10, of Sacramento at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California.California lawmaker Sydney Kamlager told Business Insider that the state should release more elderly and vulnerable prisoners, amid reports that COVID-19 is being introduced to prisons and jails.
The alternative, she said, is elderly women, among others, facing a far graver penalty than their actions ever deserved. Indeed, while the state has barred visitation, it can't bar outsiders from its prisons altogether: some 67,000 outsiders work there, and at least 53 prison officials have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
"Long before the introduction of COVID-19, health care inside prisons for women, trans, and gender non-conforming people was abysmal," Ralston said. With the pandemic, especially, that can mean "deadly complications."So far, the state has moved to release 3,500 inmates who were already due to be released within the next 60 days, the
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