Vital Strategies Calls for Essential Reentry Services to Reduce Risks of COVID-19, Overdose as Efforts to Decarcerate Build Momentum
April 18, 2020
April 18, 2020
NEW YORK, April 18 -- Vital Strategies issued the following news release:
Almost 2.3 million people are confined in prisons and jails in the United States, where social distancing to prevent the spread COVID-19 is functionally impossible. While attention has been focused on New York City as one of the hardest hit areas in the world, the infection rate at Riker's Island is almost six times higher than the surrounding city.
As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in . . .
Almost 2.3 million people are confined in prisons and jails in the United States, where social distancing to prevent the spread COVID-19 is functionally impossible. While attention has been focused on New York City as one of the hardest hit areas in the world, the infection rate at Riker's Island is almost six times higher than the surrounding city.
As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in . . .