The U.S. prison population has suffered a significant toll from COVID-19, according to a report by the Associated Press and the nonprofit The Marshall Project news project that says that one in five state and federal inmates in America have tested positive for the illness.
More than fifty percent of prisoners in some states have gotten infected, according to data gathered by AP and The Marshall Project.
At least 275,000 prisoners have caught coronavirus and more than 1,700 have died, according to the report. New cases in prisons last week hit the highest amount since testing commenced during the spring, exceeding prior highs of April and August.
“That number is a vast undercount,” former Rikers Island jail complex chief medical officer Homer Venters said.
Venters, who has carried out multiple court-ordered coronavirus prison inspections in the U.S., said he has found instances where sick individuals were not tested or treated.
Did the crime , so do the Time !!!
So what? Are we supposed to feel sorry for inmates who were dumb enough to get caught?
1700 out of 2,300,000 is about par for the course.
Feel Sorry NOT for them , but for their VICTIMS instead !!!!