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@thefinalstrawradio@chaos.social 2 wk. ago

Victoria Law shares prisoners experiences of the pandemic behind bars, talks about claims of decarceration, mutual aid in prisons and jails plus more from her 2024 book “Corridors of Contagion” ( @haymarketbooks )

https://thefinalstrawradio.mayfirst.info/2026/11/01/victoria-law-on-healthcare-behind-bars-the-pandemic-and-lessons-learned-or-not/

book cover of "Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration" by Victoria Law, plus "TFSR 11-1-26 | Victoria Law on Healthcare Behind Bars, the Pandemic and lessons learned (or not)"

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Victoria Law on Healthcare Behind Bars, the Pandemic and Lessons Learned (or Not)

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@thefinalstrawradio@chaos.social 4 hr. ago

Now available, the transcribed zine of our recent interview with Victoria Law about healthcare in prisons and jails in the US around and during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Find this and other transcribed conversations, formatted for easy printing as booklets, at https://tfsr.media/zines/#November2026

zine cover of our transcribed interview “Victoria Law on Healthcare Behind Bars, The Pandemic and Lessons Learned (or not) | The Final Straw Radio, November 1, 2026” featuring a photo of a man in a orange jumpsuit receiving treatment from a nurse in a prison gym, in the background a cage with more men in orange jumpsuits and a guard sitting further down the desk, as well as a photo of a nurse in PPE giving a shot to a masked prisoner in a large room with other prisoners in white jumpsuits marked “MDOC Convict”

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John Abbe (aka Slow)

@slowenough@mastodon.social 3 hr. ago

@thefinalstrawradio Prisons, meatpacking plants, and elder homes, I made sure to memorize the three most contagious places to be during the pandemic. Prisoners working at meatpacking plants got a double-whammy. https://www.investigatemidwest.org/some-incarcerated-meatpacking-workers-spent-100-percent-of-their-time-in-high-risk-settings-during-pandemic/

Investigate Midwest

Some incarcerated meatpacking workers spent ‘100 percent’ of their time in high-risk settings during pandemic

Some meatpacking plant workers found themselves at the intersection of two of the riskiest settings during the pandemic: correctional facilities and meatpacking plants.

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@thefinalstrawradio@chaos.social 39 min. ago

@slowenough good point. also maybe some of the most underpaid workers (I'm more concerned about incarcerated workers than the screws who have strong unions in some states and serve as a managerial class behind bars)