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The true agony of facing COVID-19 while locked up
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The true agony of facing COVID-19 while locked up

a dispatch from a lifer inside about the mental health impacts of the pandemic

Mar 07, 2021
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Karim Diggs has spent the last 45 years in prison in Pennsylvania. He is an acclaimed legal prison scholar who has helped many prisoners find freedom in case appeals. He is a contributor to The Des. This is part one of Karim’s dispatch from inside. Next week we go over his proposed solutions for the incarcerated during the pandemic.

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