Cook County Department of Corrections

How Muslims Are Rethinking the Future of Ramadan | Eater

"Pandemic restrictions left incarcerated Muslims isolated and often without access to chaplains or the ability to observe Ramadan normally; in response, volunteers and grassroots organizers secured permission to donate dates to over 200 incarcerated people and spent three days dividing and packing 18,000 individually portioned, COVID‑friendly date packets. Parallel efforts packaged hot iftar meals into to‑go boxes for recently bailed individuals and coordinated deliveries, actions framed as immediate relief and as part of broader abolitionist community care to mitigate the harms of incarceration during the pandemic." - Mehreen Karim