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Opinion | The pandemic exposes how desperately America needs to reshape our prison system. By Ash_Prashar

REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonProtests about the deaths of George Floyd and others have called for changes to the criminal justice system.Social distancing is imperative to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, but prisons are the opposite of social distancing.

Ashish Prashar is a justice reform campaigner, who sits on the Board of Exodus Transitional Community.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more storiesProtests to oppose racism and the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and so many other Black Americans have turned from a moment into a movement across the US.

Right now our society, our elected officials and those in power are neglecting the safety of millions of people trapped in correctional facilities. They are showing once again that Black and brown people are disposable in the United States.Confinement is the antithesis of social distancing.

And this is not limited to a few prisons, COVID-19 is rampaging through many prisons and jails, nationwide. For example, Cook County jail — which covers Chicago and the surrounding suburbs — is a virtual petri dish and was at one point tied to 1 in 6 of all

 

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