Covid-19 Outbreaks In Prisons Underscore Need For Reform

The U.S. prison system has emerged as a center of Covid-19 transmission. Along with other national virus hot spots — meatpacking facilities, farmworker housing, and nursing homes — the outbreaks in jails and detention centers highlight a constellation of disease risks for people on the margins of American society.
Aside from being densely populated and housing a high number of at-risk people, such as the elderly or those with chronic illnesses, prisons are generally unsanitary. Michele Deitch, a distinguished senior lecturer at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas told Circle of Blue that prisoners often lack hygiene necessities like soap or hand sanitizer. Some don’t even have consistent access to running water.

Border Wall Concerns in Lower Rio Grande Valley Diminished By Virus and Growth

Given the magnitude of water challenges, and the encompassing discussion about how to deal with these issues, the border wall seems little more than a distraction in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
This is part four of Water, Texas, a five-part series on the consequences of the mismatch between runaway development and tightening constraints on the supply and quality of fresh water in Texas.

Coronavirus – A Global Pandemic

Hotspots H2O:
In Wake of Explosion, Beirut Finds Water, Goods in Short Supply

Thousands of people in Beirut face intense water, sanitation, and food shortages as Covid-19 cases spike in the days since a massive explosion demolished the port in Lebanon’s capital.

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