As the coronavirus sweeps through many of Michigan’s prisons, people who are locked up say they fear the worst. These are their stories.

Unprotected in Prison: Pleas for Help from the Inside

People housed at Muskegon Correctional Facility are pleading for officials running the western Michigan facility to stop rationing an item critical to staving off the deadly virus: hand soap. In recorded phone interviews, several people locked up at the Muskegon Correctional Facility told the ACLU of Michigan that soap continues to be rationed, and, consequently, the standard issue of two small bars a week per person simply aren’t enough.

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Pleas for Help in the Inside: Jamie Meade

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Pleas for Help in the Inside: Quentin X Betty

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