The penal reform group has voiced concerns echoed by top Democrats about the impact the virus will have in U.S. prisons.
A graphic provided by Statista shows where around 120,000 people around the world have been infected by the coronavirus COVID-19 disease as of early March 11. More than half of those afflicted have recovered, while over 4,300 have died.The sentiment echoes concerns voiced by other prisoners' rights advocates, who fear the implications the virus will have for the 2.2 million people living in the U.S. penal system.
Meanwhile, Maria Morris of the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project wrote in an op-ed this week that jails were not closed environments, and had staff and visitors coming into the facilities and returning home, posing a considerable risk."There is ample opportunity for a virus to enter a prison or jail, and for it to go back out into the community," she wrote in the piece published by Common Dreams.
The letter, which was also addressed to prison operators GEO Group, CoreCivic, and Management and Training Corporation, asked if staff and inmates who may be vulnerable have been identified, how they will be treated if they test positive and how staff shortages caused by the virus will be dealt with.
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