'This is a nightmare' -- Reports of hazardous conditions in regional jail persist
“This is very unhealthy in here for all,” reads one letter. “No one deserves this kind of punishment.”
In dozens of letters written over a period of months, people incarcerated at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail reported that shoddy COVID containment procedures, poor general hygiene, and strict visitation policies have plagued the facility.
These complaints are not new. Since last year, the Charlottesville chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America has been corresponding by mail with more than a dozen people in the ACRJ. In January, C-VILLE published a story detailing the unhygienic conditions and other issues at the facility.
According to recent interviews with C-VILLE—and additional letters collected by DSA—very little has changed at the jail.
Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/this-is-a-nightmare
(Charlottesville Weekly)
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