The attorney general said the Bureau of Prisons has locked down some prisons and could send some at-risk inmates home as it copes with the pandemic.
Attorney General William Barr Barr said officials in each prison are responding with lockdowns, increased isolation and other measures.Attorney General William Barr Barr said officials in each prison are responding with lockdowns, increased isolation and other measures.The U.S. Bureau of Prisons could begin sending home some of its oldest and most at-risk inmates as part of its response to the coronavirus pandemic, Attorney General Bill Barr said on Thursday.
There have been a few so-far small groups of cases in the federal prison system. Some prisoners or staff members have tested positive in New York, Georgia and Louisiana. Everyone entering a prison is now having her or his temperature checked and new inmates are being quarantined for two weeks, he said.
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