{"id":1499,"date":"2021-04-19T12:29:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T12:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2022-04-10T09:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T09:48:51","slug":"incarceration-unmasked-legal-confinement-in-the-era-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring-2021\/incarceration-unmasked-legal-confinement-in-the-era-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Incarceration Unmasked: Legal Confinement in the Era of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anna O&#8217;Shea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote is-style-default has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff\"><blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThe struggle of being caged like an animal 24\/7 is enough. But with all the added conditions it\u2019s unbearable. There seems like no escape from this.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><cite>\u2013Jamil Hayes (currently incarcerated, letter circa American Prison Writing Archive, 2021)<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9998-2-1024x873.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1531\" width=\"512\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9998-2-1024x873.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9998-2-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9998-2-768x655.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9998-2-1536x1309.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9998-2-2048x1746.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9998-2-830x708.jpg 830w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9998-2-230x196.jpg 230w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9998-2-350x298.jpg 350w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9998-2-480x409.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">[Pictured above, collaged mask containing quotes from Jamil Hayes and other currently incarcerated people, cited from American Prison Writing Archive]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For inmates like Jamil, COVID has turned his already difficult life upside down. As of March 30th, in the United States, there have been 391,782 reported cases of the COVID-19 virus among prisoners confined by our justice system (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themarshallproject.org\/2020\/05\/01\/a-state-by-state-look-at-coronavirus-in-prisons\" data-type=\"URL\" target=\"_blank\">Marshall Project 2021<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who populate prisons and jails have been one of the highest risk groups because of the nature of their conditions. In particular, people of color and people with underlying health conditions have been affected in large numbers in the United States because of their incarcerated status.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where Are the Biggest Risk Areas?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves from Yale School of Medicine and School of Public Health states<strong> \u201cIncarcerated persons contract the virus at a rate of at least four times the rate of the overall U.S. population and, once infected, are over twice as likely to die,\u201d <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyclu.org\/sites\/default\/files\/field_documents\/affirmation_of_dr_gonsalves.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nyclu.org\/sites\/default\/files\/field_documents\/affirmation_of_dr_gonsalves.pdf\">Yan 5<\/a>).<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While one of the best ways to avoid the virus spreading is through social distancing, it is logistically impossible in detention spaces. Sites of detention include those in criminal detention (jails and prisons), pretrial detention (non-criminal jail time), custody of ICE, and mandated substance abuse\/juvenile detention.&nbsp; Extremely close proximity, confined spaces with poor ventilation, and lack of access to sanitary products make these sites of detention the perfect breeding ground for dangerous and rapid spreading of potentially deadly germs (<a href=\"https:\/\/poseidon01.ssrn.com\/delivery.php?ID=447071097117024118001127126123090122033040063036031057022081082090121122018083124029045114020060007100109066002110002090071113122078037060059112022107093021029082107036079030006126087081126023114109082019118099088068095087008084110092067091004012124115&amp;EXT=pdf&amp;INDEX=TRUE\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/poseidon01.ssrn.com\/delivery.php?ID=447071097117024118001127126123090122033040063036031057022081082090121122018083124029045114020060007100109066002110002090071113122078037060059112022107093021029082107036079030006126087081126023114109082019118099088068095087008084110092067091004012124115&amp;EXT=pdf&amp;INDEX=TRUE\">Garrett &amp; Kovarsky 2021<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>So Who\u2019s at Risk?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Certain groups are greatly overrepresented in our incarcerated population and therefore must suffer a greater risk of exposure. For jails <em>and <\/em>prisons, inhabitants are much more likely to possess underlying and chronic health conditions that are worsened by the conditions and lack of effective medical infrastructure in these facilities. This means they are at a much greater risk of contracting and possibly dying from the virus (Garret &amp; Kovarsky 2021).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to the foundation of our justice system on the basis of racial prejudice against Black Americans, they are also largely overrepresented in our incarcerated population (<a href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.law.pitt.edu\/fac_articles\/406\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholarship.law.pitt.edu\/fac_articles\/406\/\">Crossley 2021<\/a>). As of March 23rd, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, 38.6% of current inmates were Black, even though Black people only make up 13.4% of the population (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/fact\/table\/US\/PST045219\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/fact\/table\/US\/PST045219\">US Census Bureau<\/a>). This means that race is another factor that increases disproportionate risk of Black people and other people of color contracting COVID.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Could We Have Avoided This?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gregg Gonsalves, in his affirmation to the NY Supreme Court, made an argument similar to the World Health Organization recommending decarceration as the most viable option to minimize the risk of COVID cases rising exponentially in the incarcerated population (Yan 2021). However, the United States justice system failed to act on this recommendation. In addition, the Federal Bureau of Prisons denied a large majority of submitted compassionate release pleas (Garrett &amp; Kovarsky 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jamil and hundreds of thousands of other prisoners have faced unbearable conditions and life-threatening health risks due to their state of incarceration. This global health crisis has revealed large systemic problems that must be addressed in our justice and health care system. Accountability must be taken for the safety of imprisoned people, and the only way to humanize them is by telling their stories and unmasking the truth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0026-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1542\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0026-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0026-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0026-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0026-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0026-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0026-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0026-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0026-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0026-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Works Cited<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFederal Bureau of Prisons.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BOP Statistics: Inmate Race<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2021, www.bop.gov\/about\/statistics\/statistics_inmate_race.jsp.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crossley, Mary. &#8220;Prisons, Nursing Homes, and Medicaid: A COVID-19 Case Study in Health Injustice.&#8221; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences, Forthcoming, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2021-04 (2021).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garrett, Brandon L., and Lee Kovarsky. &#8220;Viral Injustice.&#8221; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California Law Review, Forthcoming<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2021).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hayes, Jamil. \u201cBeing Incarcerated during the COVID-19 Pandemic.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Prison Writing Archive at Hamilton College<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2021, apw.dhinitiative.org\/islandora\/object\/apw%3A12361872.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Magnitic, Roc. \u201cAmerican Prisons and Free-World Staff Not Ready for Second Wave of COVID.\u201d <i>American Prison Writing Archive at Hamilton College<\/i>, apw.dhinitiative.org\/islandora\/object\/apw%3A12361864?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=d6bc1804afee6b0b4192&amp;solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&amp;solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=0.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA State-by-State Look at Coronavirus in Prisons.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Marshall Project<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, The Marshall Project, 25 Mar. 2021, www.themarshallproject.org\/2020\/05\/01\/a-state-by-state-look-at-coronavirus-in-prisons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United States Census Bureau <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, U.S. Department of Commerce, 2019, www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/fact\/table\/US\/PST045219.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Williams, Dortell. \u201cAn Open Letter to Congress: National COVID-19 November Mail-in Voting \u2018We Can Do Better.\u2019\u201d <i>American Prison Writing Archive at Hamilton College<\/i>, 2020, apw.dhinitiative.org\/islandora\/object\/apw%3A12360277?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=acc1bdfa16e5e5893f06&amp;solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&amp;solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=1.<\/p>\n<p>Williams, Dortell. \u201cCOVID-19 and Prison Overcrowding: Its All in the Framing.\u201d <i>American Prison Writing Archive at Hamilton College<\/i>, 2020, apw.dhinitiative.org\/islandora\/object\/apw%3A12360179?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=5d53e8a709c95b55dc1d&amp;solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&amp;solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=3.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan, Holly. &#8220;The Risk Posed by Infectious Disease in Jails and Prisons is Significantly Higher than in the Community.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna O&#8217;Shea \u201cThe struggle of being caged like an animal 24\/7 is enough. 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