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Dave Thomas, 66, died from #COVID19 in an #Alabama prison. https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2020/04/alabama-prison-inmate-dies-24-hours-after-positive-covid-19-test-2-others-also-being-treated-for-coronavirus.html
Jeffrey Sand, 69, and William Wilson, 84, died from #COVID19 in a #Florida prison. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article242039436.html
An unidentified man died after testing positive for #COVID19 in a #Mississippi prison. https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2020/04/13/first-confirmed-case-covid-19-state-inmate/2986782001/
An unidentified man, 69, died from #COVID19 at a Baton Rouge hospital. He was incarcerated in a #Louisiana prison. https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/coronavirus/article_3926fed4-82fe-11ea-8943-cb52cb347a38.html
These #COVID19 deaths occurred while officials in all four states resisted efforts to significantly reduce their prison populations, and have ignored or been slow to respond to calls to reveal plans for how they will handle a #coronavirus outbreak in their prisons.
Over the last month @splcaction has repeatedly called for the release of people from prisons in the Deep South amid the #COVID19 pandemic. But state officials have ignored those calls even though supported by other civil rights organizations and public health officials.
"The threat of a major #COVID19 outbreak in Deep South prisons is frighteningly real and the last week has shown that ignoring this issue is not going to make it go away." - Lisa Graybill
Read @splcaction's full statement: https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/no-more-delays-we-need-get-people-out-jails-and-prisons-south-now
Read @splcaction's full statement: https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/no-more-delays-we-need-get-people-out-jails-and-prisons-south-now
