Thousands of Pre-Trial Detainees Are at Risk of Coronavirus Just Because They’re Poor
Darnell landed in Chicago’s Cook County Jail for a nonviolent crime back in February, when COVID-19 seemed like a distant threat. As the weeks wore on, while sleeping in a dorm with some 300 other inmates, people around him started coughing. He was stuck there because he couldn’t afford to pay his bond, set at […]