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Advisory: Senator Darius Brown To Announce Face Mask Donation To Delaware Department Of Correction

June 25, 2020

WHAT: Senator Darius Brown, chair of the Delaware Legislative Black Caucus and vice-chair of the Senate Corrections & Public Safety Committee, will announce a donation of 5,000 surgical masks to the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC).

The generous donation from the REFORM Alliance, a nonprofit criminal justice reform advocacy organization co-founded in part by Meek Mill and Philadelphia 76ers partner Michael Rubin, will be used by DOC to supply visitors and inmates with PPE once in-person visitation resumes next week.

WHEN: 11 a.m., Thursday, June 25

WHERE: Parking area outside of the main entrance to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution at 1301 E. 12th St. in Wilmington

WHO: Senator Darius Brown
DOC Commissioner Claire DeMatteis
Jessica Jackson, Chief Advocacy Officer at REFORM Alliance

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