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Hey, my name is Peter Kamau Mukuria, currently incarcerated at Red Onion State Prison. And this commentary is about COVID-19 at Red Onion Prison where I'm currently confined in, which is a junior supermax facility. For the past eight years. I've been in solitary confinement and was recently moved to a transition part where I must- where I must first complete a 24-class program, 12 on phase one and 12 more on phase two. Now when COVID-19 hit, I was in solitary confinement. Therefore I'll only speak on the conditions and responses based on where I was and currently housed in. Around the month of May, face masks were distributed to all prisoners and we were mandated to wear them anytime we were out of the cell.And staff were also mandated to wear face masks during their work shift.  Masks have proven to be an effective approach to prevent, block, and contain an outbreak, therefore mandating facial coverings, I believe was a good response. However, unlike most other state prisons, the [inaudible] did not distribu