The New York Times, The New York Times Published: 16 Apr 2021 12:49 PM BdST Updated: 16 Apr 2021 12:49 PM BdST A comparison of COVID-19 cases at federal and state prisons across the country. The New York Times A comparison of COVID-19 cases at federal and state prisons across the country. The New York Times The COVID infection rate in American prisons may be as much as 17 times higher than the known global rate. The New York Times America’s prisons, jails and detention centres have been among the nation’s most dangerous places when it comes to infections from the coronavirus. Each day over the past year, more than 1,400 new inmate infections and seven deaths, on average, have been reported inside those facilities.