The articles linked below are provided for awareness-raising purposes. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or the official policy or position of Interfaith Prison Ministry for Women.
NCCIW Canary Unit - first article
https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/fears-of-an-outbreak-at-raleigh-women-s-prison/19059553/?fbclid=IwAR1LtnxlL-UbVjLspSPbIFhZ7-CYnqpKg5uRDsbpcpjo5NRHTJiM5-rRkCI
Chaplain Sarah Jobe article for Sojourners
https://sojo.net/articles/body-christ-continues-gather-prisons
North Carolina considering early releases
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article241653996.html
Canary Unit from 2 to 12 cases
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article242157636.html
Rev. Barber and Darryl Atkinson article
https://medium.com/@forwardjustice19/the-moral-and-legal-case-for-emptying-nc-prisons-ff5c1a4c9be4
Canary Unit at 70 cases
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article242314121.html
Canary Unit at 81 cases
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article242314121.html
First death in NC women's prison
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article242554206.html?fbclid=IwAR1w7nlVt_KEIV4j9V_h9hIRoBaynv7vb_XK1zLMpJWOFhEXKWX1dFfEnOk
What's it like in NC prisons with COVID?
https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2020/04/30/covid-19-prisoners-take-us-inside/?fbclid=IwAR2ck5DGhrcGXwpL03cg27cYPXf0z_qRAkEsAVk3bpaiKznLznvCDDcOoBo
Michelle Alexander NY Times Op Ed
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/opinion/coronavirus-prison-outbreak.html
Melissa Florer-Bixler article for Sojourners
https://sojo.net/articles/no-one-will-take-responsibility-faye-browns-death
The Marshall Project article on COVID in women's prison
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/05/14/what-women-dying-in-prison-from-covid-19-tell-us-about-female-incarceration
NC prison residents helping to protect other residents and staff
https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/nc-inmates-helping-protect-prison-staff-from-coronavirus/19097169/?fbclid=IwAR3BU6lUVQBqkWAvB1rshbV5hcGRyPb576_TN484yYWMoB0LRpdsOA9SSnM
Article about Faye Brown
https://www.newsobserver.com/article242757951.html
Florida women's prisons
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/special-reports/florida-prisons/article242647261.html?fbclid=IwAR2Mu8LIDnnzgpKaI30OAGf_Mes0PduRNNIn72i3bZraeGeCPAzIMWT_Deo
From Los Angeles, what some may use as a counterpoint:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/12/inmates-coronavirus-infect-los-angeles/
NCCIW Canary Unit - first article
https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/fears-of-an-outbreak-at-raleigh-women-s-prison/19059553/?fbclid=IwAR1LtnxlL-UbVjLspSPbIFhZ7-CYnqpKg5uRDsbpcpjo5NRHTJiM5-rRkCI
Chaplain Sarah Jobe article for Sojourners
https://sojo.net/articles/body-christ-continues-gather-prisons
North Carolina considering early releases
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article241653996.html
Canary Unit from 2 to 12 cases
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article242157636.html
Rev. Barber and Darryl Atkinson article
https://medium.com/@forwardjustice19/the-moral-and-legal-case-for-emptying-nc-prisons-ff5c1a4c9be4
Canary Unit at 70 cases
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article242314121.html
Canary Unit at 81 cases
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article242314121.html
First death in NC women's prison
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article242554206.html?fbclid=IwAR1w7nlVt_KEIV4j9V_h9hIRoBaynv7vb_XK1zLMpJWOFhEXKWX1dFfEnOk
What's it like in NC prisons with COVID?
https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2020/04/30/covid-19-prisoners-take-us-inside/?fbclid=IwAR2ck5DGhrcGXwpL03cg27cYPXf0z_qRAkEsAVk3bpaiKznLznvCDDcOoBo
Michelle Alexander NY Times Op Ed
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/opinion/coronavirus-prison-outbreak.html
Melissa Florer-Bixler article for Sojourners
https://sojo.net/articles/no-one-will-take-responsibility-faye-browns-death
The Marshall Project article on COVID in women's prison
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/05/14/what-women-dying-in-prison-from-covid-19-tell-us-about-female-incarceration
NC prison residents helping to protect other residents and staff
https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/nc-inmates-helping-protect-prison-staff-from-coronavirus/19097169/?fbclid=IwAR3BU6lUVQBqkWAvB1rshbV5hcGRyPb576_TN484yYWMoB0LRpdsOA9SSnM
Article about Faye Brown
https://www.newsobserver.com/article242757951.html
Florida women's prisons
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/special-reports/florida-prisons/article242647261.html?fbclid=IwAR2Mu8LIDnnzgpKaI30OAGf_Mes0PduRNNIn72i3bZraeGeCPAzIMWT_Deo
From Los Angeles, what some may use as a counterpoint:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/12/inmates-coronavirus-infect-los-angeles/