COVID Prison Archive

This timeline was made by an incarcerated man named Steven from within the Macomb Correctional Facility. It includes major events and death counts spanning across the years of pandemic.

Ervin Roland Bey writes about witnessing moral and mental degradation of life within prison. TW: suicides, violence, death Above is the scan of Ervin’s work. Below is a retyped version with minor edits. THE REPEATED CLANGING of steel striking steel continuously down the endless halls as cell doors slam shut. “One may say, I’ve really…

The quality of healthcare provided in prisons varied by location and personal experience, but generally healthcare functioned on the assumption that incarcerated people were trying to abuse the system. Although this may be true of some people inside, it leads to undue prolongment of pain and symptoms which worsened the medical issue and made it…