âThey deserve to live:â Increasing infections worry advocates, families of DOC inmates
Q13 s Steve Kiggins reports.
SEATTLE - A crisis appears to be brewing inside our state’s prison system. Families with loved ones serving sentences inside Washington Department of Corrections facilities are sounding the alarm warning Covid cases are skyrocketing behind the razor wire.
On Thursday, DOC announced the forth pandemic-related death of an inmate. The victim died on December 10 at a local healthcare facility, according to an agency media release, and had been under state custody at Stafford Creek Corrections Center. The agency said it would continue efforts to curb a growing number of infections.