Overcrowded Jails Create A Covid 19 Threat

Summary

Local governments, fearing the quick spread of coronavirus in their As public health experts stress the importance of hygiene and social distancing to slow the spread of NINE WOMEN HOUSED IN THE SAME UNIT AS THE Correctional facilities are under scrutiny as Officials have promised a mass release of inmates from city In a time of social distancing, packed prisons are posing risks for coronavirus outbreaks. The Rikers Island jail complex in New ... Knox County's jail population is down 200 from its February normal. In Cocke Co., the sheriff said nearly 80 non-violent inmates ... As Italy went on lockdown, nearly 30 prisons across the country broke into riots Sunday and Monday after visitation rights were ... (17 Mar 2020) A suburban Houston sheriff says everyone booked into the county jail he oversees will now have their temperature ... A Texas lawyer and Judge say Texas citizens the ones paying to keep inmates behind bars longer than normal, but the trouble is ...