The crisis in our prisons and jails is growing at an alarming rate. Everyone should be speaking out and contacting your officials demanding that they cut through the bureaucratic red tape. There simply is not enough time to stand by and use the wait and see approach. Prisons and jails all around the country are being overwhelmed, not only with inmates becoming infected but also the staff who then carry this home to their families who then bring it into the community. This is an issue for ALL people, not just advocates and families of those incarcerated. Take a stand. Speak out.

Credit: Intro Eric Wellman - award winning journalist and previous host of Morning Edition on Cleveland's NPR news station. Voted best radio anchor in Ohio 2010 by the Associated Press.

Musical score Angelwing