This includes people in local jails, the majority of whom haven’t been convicted of a crime. If they get COVID, they’ll be *sent to prison.*

Get arrested, too poor to pay bail, then catch COVID in jail bc of it? You will be *sent to prison* as a result. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/pie2017_jail_detail.html">https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/pi...
This is what happens when you view an incarceration as a solution to all problems.

Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the U.S.

The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Instead, the state should be focused on following public health experts’ advice to reduce prison and jail populations in order to #stopthespread.u2028u2028 https://www.scribd.com/document/453999944/Public-Health-Letter-to-Gov-Edwards">https://www.scribd.com/document/...
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