Granted Parole or Awaiting Trial, Inmates Died of Covid-19 Behind Bars
Among the thousands who have died in prisons and jails from the coronavirus were dozens of people approved for parole or not convicted of a charge for which they were arrested.
A demonstration protesting conditions at San Quentin Prison in California last year. Credit.Jim Wilson/The New York Times
By Rebecca Griesbach and Libby Seline
May 6, 2021
Joe Dan Channel was granted parole from a Texas prison in late 2019. But the 62-year-old man was still behind bars several months later when he fell ill with the coronavirus and died only a few weeks before his release date.
with highs in the upper 50s to about 60. showers toward hagerstown. frederick getting shower and working south and east during the course of the day. so even some light shower activity expected in washington by afternoon and it will linger into the nighttime hours. i ll show you where it s coming from. you ll see the satellite radar, the cloud cover thick throughout the day. it won t amount to a whole lot. maybe a quarter inch of rain or less by the time it gets out ever out of here tonight and heading to pittsburgh, expect shower activity. 5-in washington. winds out of the north and east at 7. and i ll have more details in a moment. showers developing and high temperature only 60 degrees. that s 10-15 degrees cooler than in the recent past. more details in the forecast. back to you. top story at this hour. dramatic video sparking finger riots broke out after the terps beat duke. a university of maryland student claims police attacked him and his lawyer said the video p