Families of inmates protest conditions amid pandemic

By Samantha Matsumoto (OPB)
July 28, 2020 7:23 a.m.

After COVID-19 cases spiked at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institute in Pendleton, families of inmates have gathered at the prison to protest conditions there. Lydia Jarrell has been attending those protests. Her husband is an inmate at the EOCI and has told her that the prison has not done enough to stop the spread of COVID-19.

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