increase font size The Latest: One in 5 prisoners in the U.S. has had COVID-19, and 1,700 have died The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. news service reports Share Family members of inmates in the Utah prison system hold candles and say a prayer following a rally Oct. 13 outside the Department of Corrections office in Draper, Utah. Steve Griffin/The Deseret News via AP 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.