Madonna Teams With Reform Alliance to Donate 100,000 Masks to Jails & Prisons

On Wednesday (April 22), Ray of Light Foundation and REFORM Alliance announced plans to  help  jails and prisons struggling to keep the coronavirus pandemic by donating 100,000 surgical masks.

“We teamed up with @Madonna @PairOfThieves @bailproject and @cut_50 to secure 100k MORE MASKS FOR PEOPLE BEHIND BARS,” REFORM Alliance tweeted. “We need to stop #COVID19 from spreading inside of prisons if we want to stop it from spreading outside of prison walls, too #NoPrisonPandemic.”

They will distribute  50,000 masks for the Cook County Jail and the Illinois Department of Corrections. An additional 20,000 will be heading to the Louisiana Department of Corrections, while the remaining 30,000 will head over to Vacaville Prison in California, FCI Ray Brook in New York, and Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department in Massachusetts.

 

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