Posted on 03/06/2020 1:52:33 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The nation’s jails and prisons are on high alert, stepping up inmate screenings, sanitizing jail cells and urging lawyers to scale back in-person visits to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading through their vast inmate populations.
There have been no reports of COVID-19 inside U.S. jails or prisons. But more people are incarcerated per capita here than in any other country in the world and prisons have become hot spots in other nations touched by the outbreak.
Coronavirus suddenly exploded in China’s prisons last week, with reports of more than 500 cases spreading across five facilities in three provinces. Earlier this week in Iran, 54,000 inmates were temporarily released back into the country amid virus fears.
Jail operators in the U.S. are coming to the growing realization that it’s only a matter of time before it strikes here.
“Jails are, you know, just prime opportunities for something like this to spread,” said Bossier Parish Sheriff Julian Whittington, the president of the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association. “I’m a realist and I suspect more than likely sometime it’s going to pop up in somebody’s jail.”
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Iran just released 54,000 of them so the Rats will no doubt get on the GLOBAL bandwagon and want to release American Prisoners too.
“Let them all out to roam the streets.
It’s the only way to be safe.”
Any guesses on which politician says that first?
I’d probably be OK with releasing ours to Iran...
Put everyone into lifetime supermax solitary confinement.
Bernie?
I’m going with Omar. Bernie wants to rule the country, Omar, Tlaib, Ellison, etc. want to destroy it...
now wouldn’t that be one of the safest places to be??
My father in laws memory care facility is in quarantine. No visitors. Portland area.
Jeffrey Epstein will be relieved...
They are closing rikers and freeing the innocent
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