CUNY Law Professor Donna Lee shares her career path and discusses the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for prisoners and domestic violence victims.

Prof. Lee notes that “we don’t know the extent to which the incidents of domestic violence have increased during the pandemic.” She encourages domestic violence victims to take advantage of sheltering and counseling services provided by organizations like Womankind.

She also emphasizes that prisoners should have adequate access to medical and mental health care because they “are not sentenced to be raped in prison, to contract Covid-19, or to die in prison because of the lack of medical care.”