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SHARE ACROSS TENNESSEE!! Thousands of Tennesseans from 46+ Counties Demand Comprehensive Action Re: COVID-19 Crisis. Join us at @tnfreedomcaucus and sign on to our demands in our bio
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 13, 2020 Contact: Theeda Murphy, No Exceptions Prison Collective theeda.noexceptions@gmail.com COMMUNITY GROUPS DEMAND ACTION TO PREVENT COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN THE DAVIDSON COUNTY JAIL As concerns about COVID-19 mount, we, as residents of Nashville, grow increasingly concerned about the health of our friends and loved ones who are currently incarcerated at the Davidson County Jail. The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) has currently limited family visitation to video only and has postponed all volunteer services. These measures fail to  address the scope of the issue by further isolating people currently incarcerated. We need a more comprehensive plan to safeguard the health of the people being held and the staff who are working there. We know that communicable diseases spread readily in conditions where people are being held in close quarters as the 2017 scabies outbreak illustrated. We know that approximately 70% of people being held in DCSO custody are pre-trial detainees. Many of those people are only there because they could not afford to pay bail. Their cases have not been adjudicated and they have not been found guilty of a crime. Therefore, we are proposing the following: 1. Immediate release of all people being held in pre-trial detention. 2. End pretrial incarceration for every community member newly accused of a crime by releasing them on their own recognizance without restrictions. 3. Provide medical furlough and immediate release options for incarcerated people who are elderly, pregnant, and/or who have serious chronic medical conditions, mental illness, and disabilities. 4. Cease ICE enforcement and allow for individuals who have “ICE holds” to be released regardless of county. 5. Provide people who are incarcerated with access to free preventative measures, free medical testing, free treatment, and free phone calls. 6. Commit to humane and dignified treatment of people who remain held in pretrial detention.

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