Prisons and jails have become a ‘public health threat’ during the pandemic, advocates say

The Washington Post reports, “Nobody knows how the ­novel coronavirus sneaked through the barbed wire and imposing gates of Ohio’s Pickaway Correctional Institution, where visitors and volunteers were barred from entering in March. But the first case showed up April 4. Within a week, 23 inmates and 17 staff members were found to be infected. One inmate, … Continue reading Prisons and jails have become a ‘public health threat’ during the pandemic, advocates say