The Crime Report: Bring Detained Kids, Elderly Inmates Home During Pandemic, Advocates Say

In a statement accompanying the letter calling for release of elderly inmates, Holly Harris, president and executive director of Justice Action Network, called it a “matter of life and death.”

“As coronavirus spreads rapidly across the country and leaders take action to protect American lives, incarcerated people – particularly the elderly – remain trapped in a system teetering on the edge of a large-scale outbreak,” Hollis said. .

“For them, it’s a matter of life and death.”

https://thecrimereport.org/2020/03/18/bring-detained-kids-and-elderly-inmates-home-during-pandemic-advocates-say/

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