This story was originally published by The Appeal. As smoke from wildfires in Canada turned the skies orange, people in the Mid-Atlantic headed inside. They shut their windows, dusting off air purifiers, masks, and inhalers for those with respiratory illnesses like asthma. However, people locked inside dozens of jails and prisons across the region had little More

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