[Peace] Fwd: Decarcerate CU: Local Jails and COVID-19

[Karen Aram]

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> From: Socialist Alternative-CU <socialistalternativecu at gmail.com>
> Subject: Decarcerate CU: Local Jails and COVID-19
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> Decarceration Now! CU Jails Pose Public Health Risk
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> As the latest news <https://facebook.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ee8c70695a68a45ed15267a3&id=a361964638&e=f2549fa6b1> out of Cook County demonstrates, local jails are a potential hotbed of COVID-19 spread, with the sheriff's office now reporting that 210 inmates and 60 employees of the Cook County jail system have contracted the virus. The jails in CU are in no way less susceptible to a similar outbreak. In the face of these facts, we have joined a number of other local organizations and individuals in signing an open letter <https://facebook.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ee8c70695a68a45ed15267a3&id=6e22d2ff24&e=f2549fa6b1> to Champaign County officials, and we invite you to do the same. The letter demands, among other things, the immediate release of the 70% of legally innocent CU inmates currently experiencing pretrial detention. Nationally, Socialist Alternative has organized a petition <https://facebook.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ee8c70695a68a45ed15267a3&id=6ee0f59908&e=f2549fa6b1> calling on Congress to bail out workers, not billionaires and corporations. We need an organized, democratic response <https://facebook.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ee8c70695a68a45ed15267a3&id=30b3d0a782&e=f2549fa6b1> to this crisis that places the health and livelihoods of the people ahead of private profits!
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