A massive wave of coronavirus infections is blasting through the world's largest prison population in the United States even as officials begin ...
WASHINGTON: A massive wave of coronavirus infections is blasting through the world's largest prison population in the United States even as officials begin opening up their economies, saying the disease has plateaued.
"I can no longer be associated with a facility that is a ticking time bomb," he said in a resignation letter.Because of the hodge-podge of prison management - federal, state, and local authorities have their own, and many are run by for-profit private companies - testing and reporting have been haphazard.
The reasons are clear: Prison populations are more dense and harder to separate than nursing homes and cruise ships, two institutions hit hardest by the disease. Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal complained of a shortage of testing supplies, and said that quarantining remains difficult.
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