The United States already had the biggest prison population in the world. Then the pandemic struck. Not only has the virus disproportionately affected Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), but the COVID-19 Policing Project found that BIPOC are “2.5 times more likely to be policed and punished for violations of COVID-19 orders than white people.”
In his newest essay for Canopy Forum, Darrin Sims outlines how families can use participatory defense, a community organizing tool, to navigate the criminal justice system during the pandemic.
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