Hello! I hope you are well and that you and your patrons and safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm writing to pass information from a community-based project that is seeking to gather information from incarcerated people and their loved ones about COVID-19 in prisons. I'm sure that we've all been following the sporadic reports of cases of COVID-19 inside of jails and prisons across the country. The group organizing this information drive has funding to create a more coordinated reporting and and documentation process. Their message to people outside of prisons is below. A handout that can be printed and distributed to people who are incarcerated is attached. ...... The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC), in partnership with Fight Toxic Prisons (FTP) have created the COVID-19 Prison Hotline for incarcerated or detained people to call when they have Coronavirus symptoms, when there’s an outbreak in their unit, or when they are being denied adequate medical care for Coronavirus. Our aim is to be an ear and a voice for the unheard. We want to know where and when there is an outbreak so that we can help mobilize support networks and media to lift up the demands of people on the inside. If you know someone in a prison, jail, or detention center, pass this message to them however you can. We have dedicated volunteers ready to take their call at 410-449-7140 Please let us know what facilities your people are in when you tell them about the hotline, so we can make sure we fund an advance pay account for the facility. If the facility uses a phone service other that Global Tel Link, please contact us before sharing the hotline, and we’ll do our best to set up the necessary infrastructure. You can reach us at IWOC.CRC@protonmail.com<mailto:IWOC.CRC@protonmail.com> With care, Jeanie Austin (pronouns: they/them/their<https://jeanieaustin.com/they-them-pronouns-module/>) Librarian Jail & Reentry Services San Francisco Public Library I work Monday through Friday at a number of locations. Please call (415) 516-1163 if you have an immediate need to reach me. <https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3562456093>