Katie Park, Andrew Demillo and Beth Schwartzapfel, Associated Press and The Marshall Project
Little Rock, Ark. One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times as high as the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project.
As the pandemic enters its 10th month and as the first Americans begin to receive a long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine at least 275,000 prisoners have been infected, more than 1,700 have died and the spread of the virus behind bars shows no sign of slowing. New cases in prisons this week reached their highest level since testing began in the spring, far outstripping previous peaks in April and August.
1 in 5 American prisoners has had COVID-19; 1,700 have died
By Beth Schwartzapeel, Katie Park and Andrew Demillo
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A fence surrounds the Cook County jail complex on April 09, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times as high as the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project.
As the pandemic enters its 10th month and as the first Americans begin to receive a long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine at least 275,000 prisoners have been infected, more than 1,700 have died and the spread of the virus behind bars shows no sign of slowing. New cases in prisons this week reached their highest level since testing began in the spring, far outstripping previous peaks in April and
Mass. inmates to get COVID-19 vaccine soon, ACLU urges the same in Maine
The ACLU of Maine is urging the state to prioritize prisons, jails and detention facilities in its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan.
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A droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I., Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Author: Gabrielle Mannino (NEWS CENTER Maine), Associated Press Published: 4:25 PM EST December 21, 2020 Updated: 4:58 PM EST December 22, 2020
PORTLAND, Maine Massachusetts plans to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to tens of thousands of inmates, The New York Times reports. Now, the ACLU of Maine is calling on the state to follow suit.
Beth Schwartzapfel and Katie Park of The Marshall Project and Andrew DeMillo of the Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times as high as the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project.
As the pandemic enters its 10th month and as the first Americans begin to receive a long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine at least 275,000 prisoners have been infected, more than 1,700 have died and the spread of the virus behind bars shows no sign of slowing.
Published December 21. 2020 1:07AM
Associated Press
RHODE ISLAND
A 66-year-old Rhode Island inmate with COVID-19 died, the state Department of Corrections announced late Saturday.
The inmate, whose name was not released, died at Rhode Island Hospital, the department said. He “had other complicating comorbidities that likely contributed to his death,” the department said.
The man was serving a life without parole sentence in the maximum security facility at Adult Correctional Institutions since 1988 for the sexual assault and resulting death of a 73-year-old woman, the department said.
The department said Friday that there had been 390 confirmed coronavirus cases at the maximum-security facility of the ACI, including 331 among inmates and 59 among staff, the Providence Journal reported.