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Protesters Rally Outside Stillwater Prison After Fatal COVID Outbreak: ‘Prisoners’ Lives Also Matter’
The group of more than two dozen activists drove up to the gates of Stillwater prison, endlessly honking their car horns.
By Marielle Mohs
November 8, 2020
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Concerns about COVID-19 led to a nosy disruption outside of the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater Sunday afternoon.
The group of more than two dozen activists, including family and friends of prisoners, drove up to the gates of Stillwater prison, endlessly honking their car horns.
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They were trying to send a message to the Minnesota Department of Corrections after a 61-year-old prisoner died from COVID-19 last week, and hundreds of others tested positive. Since September, 903 Stillwater inmates have tested positive for the virus, and six of them had to be hospitalized. The prison is now on lockdown to try and minimize the spread of the virus.
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