Shane LaGesse and Owen Auston-Babcock
September 14, 2020
Around 6:30 in the evening of Sunday, September 13, cars began to trickle down N Spoede road, searching for the residence of St. Louis County Executive Sam Page. After being turned away by police upon trying to turn onto his private street of residence, they continued on and parked in the nearby Spoede Elementary School parking lot. Out of the cars came groups of students and parents carrying signs...
Lauren Schneiderman / Hartford Courant
Even as the state Department of Correction significantly expands COVID-19 testing of incarcerated people, agency employees say that deep concerns persist about adequate social distancing and medical staffing in Connecticut prisons and jails.
Ivy Reed and Sofia Erlin
August 12, 2020
As of April 29, a reported 32 prison inmates and 13 prison staff in Missouri have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections. As of April 30, six juveniles and two staff members at the St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center have tested positive, as well as two employees at the St. Louis County Jail as of April 8. Tallies from the Marshall Project, a criminal...
August 8, 2020
Businesses reopened, restaurants seating customers, and streets busy once again. At first glance, it would seem as if economic activity was “normal” again. Despite the reopening of the economy, no one is sure what the economic aftermath of COVID-19 will look like. After months of a locked down economy, states have shifted toward opening businesses back up for consumer activity. Missouri began...
