15. Patricia Trimble and Jeanette Mott Oxford

Inmate and activist Patricia Trimble updates me on COVID-19 management efforts within the Missouri Department of Corrections and Empower Missouri Executive Director Jeanette Mott Oxford and I talk about the logistics and benefits of decarceration to public health.   Resources:  * https://medium.com/@patricia_trimble * https://empowermissouri.org * Missouri Department of Corrections - https://doc.mo.gov * HG.org - Prostitution in the United States https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/prostitution-in-the-united-states-30997 * NPR - The COVID-19 Struggle In Chicago's Cook County Jail https://www.npr.org/2020/04/13/833440047/the-covid-19-struggle-in-chicagos-cook-county-jail * BBC - Coronavirus: Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52000173 * Yale Law School - COVID-19 — Decarceration Resources https://law.yale.edu/centers-workshops/arthur-liman-center-public-interest-law/covid-19-decarceration-resources * The New York Times - As Tekashi69 Is Released, Inmates Fearing Coronavirus Ask, ‘Why Not Me?’ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/arts/music/tekashi69-free-prison-coronavirus.html * Today Explained - Lockdown While Locked Up https://www.vox.com/today-explained * All In A Day's (Sex) Work is produced by Blair Hopkins and brought to you in part by SWOP-Behind Bars. Music by New Orleans’ own Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes. Special thanks as always to Alex Andrews: to contribute to the good work she’s doing visit swopbehindbars.org and remember: All In A Day’s (Sex) Work is an ever-expanding narrative; if you are a sex worker, partner, patron, or other adult industry-adjacent person, I want to hear from you! Email me at [email protected].