4 inmates at a jail in Washington, D.C., filed a class-action lawsuit this week alleging staff are not taking proper safety precautions, putting the inmates at risk of being infected with the coronavirus.
The Corrections Department's failure to take the necessary preventive measures"gravely jeopardizes the safety" of the inmates, they said in the lawsuit, adding that the facility had five confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
"The District's utter indifference to the health and safety to the hundreds of individuals it holds in custody puts all their lives, along with the employees who work at the jail and the community at large, in jeopardy," he said.
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