PRISON-RELATED COVID-19 RESOURCES

Prison Policy Initiative

COVID-19 and the criminal justice system

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/virus/

Prison Legal News

One of the best resources for news and information on the COVID-19 outbreak on the inside, many from the prisoner's perspective, is Prison Legal News.

https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/covid-19/

CDC's Resources for Correctional Facilities

CDC's Resources for Correctional and Detention Facilities

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/correction-detention/index.html

Prison Law Office

On April 6, 2020, the Prison Law Office filed an emergency motion in federal court to force the Riverside County jails to institute physical distancing for all people living in the jails and provide appropriate hygiene supplies to disinfect and protect against the spread of COVID-19

https://prisonlaw.com/

Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (CCOCHS)

Jails are local correctional institutions that are on the front-line of healthcare in the criminal justice system. They process 13 million admissions a year.

https://cochs.org/weekly-update-2020-04-21/

The Marshall Project

Nonprofit journalism about criminal justice, with a recent focus on COVID-19 on the inside. This is the best site for prison covid information--far superior to this one.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/

Am. Jail Association

American Jail Association COVID-19 Resources

https://www.americanjail.org/covid-19%20information

NCCHC (Corrections)

COVID-19 (Coronavirus): What You Need to Know in Corrections

https://www.ncchc.org/blog/covid-19-coronavirus-what-you-need-to-know-in-corrections

WA DOC COVID-19 Information

For questions about COVID-19 or the state’s response generally:

https://www.doc.wa.gov/news/covid-19.htm

Beyond Prisons

Prisoner Support Guide For The Coronavirus Crisis

https://www.beyond-prisons.com/prisoner-support-guide-for-the-coronavirus-crisis

The Justice Collaborative

Impact of Covid-19 on our criminal legal and immigrant detention systems

https://thejusticecollaborative.com/covid19/

Center for Disease Control

The CDC (Center for Disease Control) website at: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Tracking COVID-19 by State

To get a look at how the virus is spread nationally check out this map at: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/16/816707182/map-tracking-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-u-s

Government's COVID Response

Federal Government's Response to COVID-19:

https://www.usa.gov/coronavirus

Prison Policy Institute

Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/virus/virusresponse.html

Federal Bureau of Prisons

BOP's Response to COVID-19 on the inside

https://www.bop.gov/coronavirus/

Government Information on Virus

Government's Coronavirus (COVID-19)

https://www.coronavirus.gov/