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State prison inmates say they re pressured to keep working in midst of coronavirus outbreak
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More than half of Geiger Corrections Center inmates have COVID-19
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by Rich Smith • Dec 14, 2020 at 11:25 am
Public defenders say the legal system is a mess and demand prosecutors file fewer cases until the outbreak settles. RS
As of last Friday the number of current inmates with COVID-19 in King County jails doubled from 16 to 30, according to the dashboard updated by the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention (DAJD), which is not good! Sponsored $20 lunch and $35 / $50 dinner options. Venues offer takeout, delivery, indoor and outdoor dining.
Before the latest outbreak, which the jail reported last week, 47 other inmates in King County had tested positive for the virus. At last count, the total population at the downtown jail and at the Maleng Regional Justice Center (MRJC) in Kent sat at 1,360.
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December 12, 2020 6:46 PM Emily Oliver
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AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. Loved ones of inmates at the Airway Heights Corrections Center stood outside the facility on Saturday, demanding action from the Department of Corrections in response to what they’re calling “cruel and unusual” treatment.
The prison has been dealing with a massive COVID-19 outbreak, with nearly 800 inmates testing positive in just a matter of weeks.
The most recent report from the Department of Corrections shows 792 inmates have contracted the virus. Family members who spoke with 4 News Now say those inmates are being held in poor conditions, forced to sleep on the floor and being deprived of showers and hot food in an effort to curb the spread of the virus.
Sick inmates at Airway Heights Corrections Center are calling conditions “obscene” and “decaying.” Some have described urine on the floor of a gym where 150 coronavirus-positive inmates are sharing four toilets.
As the prison faces the fastest and largest COVID-19 outbreak in Washington state prisons yet, minimum-security prisoners are still making food in the Washington State Correctional Industries factory for between 90 cents and $1.70 an hour.
Correctional Industries is a state-owned program with “private industry tools” that produces goods, including food, with prison labor to sell mainly to state agencies, according to its website.
Some inmates think that work is part of the reason the virus is spreading rapidly. As of Friday, 792 inmates, more than 40% of the prison’s current population, had tested positive. Twelve days prior, the prison had only seven cases.
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