Federal prison officials are growing increasingly alarmed about a shortage of resources to test and treat prisoners and workers exposed to COVID-19.
FCI Oakdale in Louisiana has been perhaps the hardest hit federal prison facility. Two inmates have died and more than a dozen of other staff and inmates have tested positive for COVID-19.
The Bureau of Prisons told ABC News that they are taking protective measures"for any inmate who presents COVID-19 symptoms. The facility is presently locked down commensurate with community sustained transmission protocols, symptomatic inmates are isolated, and additional resources are being provided to manage all symptomatic inmates with appropriate care.
“We call on you, in the most urgent of terms, to do the right thing and exercise this authority and immediately move to release medically-compromised, elderly, and pregnant prisoners in the custody of the BOP,” House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, and Rep. Karen Bass write to the Attorney General. In the meantime, the BOP is already facing a pair of COVID-19 related lawsuits, one from inmates, another from staff.
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