Putting a stop to private prison contracts cannot address dire conditions for inmates, especially during a pandemic.
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James Kilgore is a Media Fellow at MediaJustice, where he directs the Challenging E-Carceration project. He is also the Co-Director of FirstFollowers ... Reentry Program in his hometown of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. He is the author of the award-winning Understanding Mass Incarceration, based largely on his observations from his six-and-a-half years of incarceration in federal and state penitentiaries.
Putting a stop to private prison contracts cannot address dire conditions for inmates, especially during a pandemic.