Some might ask what business civil rights lawyers had bringing litigation against the state when the entire world was trying to contend with a novel coronavirus. My response is this: our clients, afraid of dying, called us and asked us to help. We approached the state on behalf of our clients asking them to change their ordinary course of business when the first positive tests were announced. When the Department announced the first death of a patient in its custody, the press release included their “thoughts and prayers.” Our clients needed more: they needed infection control and prevention, including PPE used properly; they needed reduction in census so that social distancing measures could be implemented; they needed isolation and quarantine protocols.