Steady arrests risk COVID-19 spread beyond jail walls, advocates say

“Because of the public health and safety risk presented by this virus at a jail facility, we believe that further action is needed, above and beyond the measures taken to date,” reads an April 10 letter to city and county leaders in the criminal justice system from the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Columbia Legal Services, Disability Rights Washington, the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and the Northwest Community Bail Fund.

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