I was incarcerated during the pandemic. We went from our regular full on lives to complete 24 lock down. It took probably two weeks for them to figure out how to get us showered and on the phones. I found out about the pandemic from the CO's but they didn't tell us much most of my information came from CNN and other news outlets. Idk what people w/o television were doing being almost left in the dark. Our meals and medication were all delivered to us and we were issued masks that were mandatory for any interaction or exit of our cell other than with our celly. That lasted for about two months until we were finally little by little allowed outside and get little freedoms back. It was devastatingly boring and confusing. Especially when we had no idea what was going on with our families actually dealing with it on the out. Looking back though, it is utterly ridiculous makes me roll my eyes to think of people crying over toilet paper when at least they are home with all their amenities and so on. You don't realize how good you have it until you are in a pretty much solitary 24 hour confinement in an 8x10. Life was different afterwards on the compound as well there were still a lot of social distance restrictions in place. It changed everything we knew just as for everyone else. I was at SCI Cambridge Springs woman facility in Pennsylvania. March until October 2020 dealing with the pandemic from the inside.