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The Throw Aways: How We Watched America Murder Incarcerated People
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The Throw Aways: How We Watched America Murder Incarcerated People

We knew the Coronavirus was going to ravage U.S. prisons, but we didn't know just how steep the toll would be, and just how compliant everyone would become in letting it happen.

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Apr 20, 2021
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(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Back in March of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t yet known to many Americans as an actual pandemic, my father warned me about the direction this country was headed.

As the virus became more of a concern, shutting down schools and drastically increasing the street value of toilet paper, it became obvious which groups of p…

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