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Nyamekye Daniel, Micah Danney, Eddie Burkhalter and Martin Pratt

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Nyamekye Daniel, Micah Danney, Eddie Burkhalter and Martin Pratt

Nyamekye Daniel, Micah Danney, Eddie Burkhalter and Martin Pratt are Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism fellows.

Locked in Crisis: Packed by strict sentencing laws, prisons brace for COVID-19

As the U.S. reels from an unprecedented global health emergency, many people have been sounding alarms about the magnified threat posed to people in prison. With the highest incarceration rates in the world, America’s overcrowded facilities are prime environments for a contagion like the novel coronavirus to spread.  Mandatory minimum sentencing laws have played a … Continued