The large and complex US criminal justice system is responding to the COVID crisis in a myriad of different ways – some jurisdictions are quickly releasing large numbers of incarcerated people and taking steps to reduce arrests and detention pre trial, while others are conducting “business as usual.” The Marshall Project has a tracker to help you follow the latest in each US state: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/03/17/tracking-prisons-response-to-coronavirus 

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