Haven’t seen anybody

11.06.2020 • Chuckawalla • Segment

This story was told by a person incarcerated at Chuckawalla.

UCI: How has the COVID-19 situation at your facility affected your loved ones?

Caller: Well, I haven’t seen my parents or my grandparents or any of my family, you know, in really this entire year.

I think I saw them last in January. And then – and then with everything in the pandemic, so going on a year now I haven’t seen anybody. I’ve been able to talk to them on the phone. But other than that, I know that definitely weighs on my parents and my mom and my grandma in particular, my grandparents.

So – so that’s – I know that’s really tough on them and I know that’s – that’s really tough on the other guys here.

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