Save Black Lives: Race, COVID-19 and Criminal Justice

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic devastated the Black community at alarming rates. Black people are more likely than any other racial group to have preexisting conditions, resulting from a historical legacy of socio-political inequities. In addition, the looming economic ramifications of the pandemic fell most heavily on Black communities. Coupled with the over-representation of Black people in the criminal legal system and underrepresentation in access to quality healthcare, these frightening statistics paint a very troubling picture for Black America.This report shows that race-neutral responses to the pandemic within the criminal legal system are ineffective, and how they cause harm to Black communities.

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