Coronavirus Wracks U.S. Prison, Many Inmates Infected
April 30, 2020
1:05 pm
About 50 percent of inmates at a Southern California prison have tested positive for Coronavirus, making it the worst-hit in U.S. federal system, local news outlets reported.
As of Tuesday, 443 of 1,055 inmates at the Terminal Island Correctional Institution in San Pedro have the virus, along with 10 staff members.
Two inmates have already died of complications related to COVID-19, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The bureau reports a total of 1,313 inmates and 335 staff nationwide have confirmed positive tests for COVID-19 throughout the system that holds about 153,000 inmates.
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