Nineteen inmates have died from the coronavirus in Connecticut Department of Correction prisons. One year after the pandemic began to spread across the
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Nineteen inmates have died from the coronavirus in Connecticut Department of Correction prisons. One year after the pandemic began to spread across the state, Connecticut Public is revisiting the early days of the crisis.
Carlos DeLeon died on April 13, 2020, from the coronavirus.
Maria Ruiz said her father, whom the family called “peto,” was near the end of a two-year prison sentence in March when he became sick with the coronavirus.
“I just want people to know that it wasn’t OK for him to die that way,” Ruiz said.
She said DeLeon had been sick and complaining of illness for some time. But it can take a while before inmates receive medical care because they first have to file a written request. “And in my dad’s case it took three weeks [of] not feeling well and sick,” Ruiz said.
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