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Inmate dies of COVID-19 amid major outbreaks in federal prisons in northern Minnesota
Duluth s federal prison also has been hard hit, with hundreds of inmates infected, according to the Bureau of Prisons. 3:18 pm, Jan. 19, 2021 ×
Federal Correctional Institution in Sandstone. (Photo courtesy of Federal Bureau of Prisons)
DULUTH An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sandstone, Minn., has died of COVID-19, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said Tuesday, Jan. 19.
Richard Lee Red Fox, 59, died Thursday, Jan. 14, according to a news release. It is the first death reported at the low-security prison, which serves 838 male offenders.
Red Fox had been at the facility since February 2015, serving a life sentence for a second-degree murder conviction in Montana. The Bureau of Prisons said he was placed in isolation after testing positive for the virus Dec. 15.
ACLU sues over Waseca prison s coronavirus outbreak
The suit was filed Wednesday on behalf of 14 inmates against the warden of the Waseca prison and the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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Kristine Goodrich / Mankato Free Press | 11:37 am, Dec. 18, 2020 ×
WASECA The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit over the response to the coronavirus at the hard-hit Waseca prison.
The federal lawsuit claims the Federal Correctional Institution in Waseca failed to take steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and failed to provide adequate health care as the virus swept through the low-security women s facility this fall.
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