Dozens of protesters chanted outside the Elmira Correctional Facility Tuesday morning, calling for change in response to the high number of positive COVID-19 cases reported there.
“Everyone that’s here today wants to de-carcerate. We want to end solitary confinement as a means for medical quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said protester Sammie Werkheiser.
According to the state, there are more than 450 active cases in the prison. The prison stopped allowing visitors last Wednesday. But protesters say that isn’t enough. Among their demands, they want inmates 55 or older who have served 15 years to be released.
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