From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org):
The NRCAT staff is working remotely, and we continue to monitor important developments as the novel coronavirus pandemic is entering an increasingly dangerous stage.
TAKE ACTION at https://nrcat.salsalabs.org/takeaction-bop-mar2020/index.html: Contact the Federal Bureau of Prisons about COVID-19 Response
Last week, 15 U.S. Senators pressed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to implement procedures for preventing the spread of the virus in federal prisons. Public health experts, and our own experience visiting federal prisons, suggest that incarcerated people and even staff are at particularly high risk and less able to practice the recommended avoidance strategies for the coronavirus of social distancing, using hand disinfectants, and other measures available to the general public. Please send an email to the Bureau of Prisons supporting the call for implementing responsible procedures.
In addition, we hope you take the time to research ways to connect with state and local advocacy campaigns fighting to ensure that prisons, jails and detention centers are responding to the potentially devastating impact of the coronavirus on prison populations and staff locally. This includes, among other things, early release and reductions in arrests to make room for treatment in overcrowded jails. You are urged to contact your local state, county and city officials and demand action.
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