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1 in 5 prisoners in the U.S. has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died Updated Dec 19, 2020; Posted Dec 18, 2020 FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2020, file photo, family members of inmates incarcerated in the Utah Department of Corrections' prison system hold candles and say a prayer following a rally outside the Department of Corrections office in Draper, Utah.Steve Griffin/The Deseret News via AP, File Facebook Share 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 popu...

1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19; 1,700 have died Beth Schwartzapfel And Katie Park Of The Marshall Project And Andrew Demillo Of The Associated Press Associated Press Tags:  A no trespassing sign is displayed outside the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and The Marshall Project exploring the state of the prison system in the coronavirus pandemic. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positiv...

Donte Westmoreland, 26, was recently released from Lansing Correctional Facility in Kansas, where he caught the virus while serving time on a marijuana charge. Some 5,100 prisoners have become infected in Kansas prisons, the third-highest COVID-19 rate in the country, behind only South Dakota and Arkansas. “It was like I was sentenced to death,” Westmoreland said. Westmoreland lived with more than 100 virus-infected men in an open dorm, where he woke up regularly to find men sick on the floor, unable to get up on their own, he said. “People are actually dying in front of me off of this ...

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 slowin...

1 in 5 prisoners in the U.S. has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died By BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL and KATIE PARK of The Marshall Project and ANDREW DEMILLO of The Associated Press Published: December 18, 2020, 12:42pm Share: 4 Photos FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2020, file photo, family members of inmates incarcerated in the Utah Department of Corrections' prison system hold candles and say a prayer following a rally outside the Department of Corrections office in Draper, Utah. One in five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more ...