Three inmates test positive for coronavirus in Georgia as concerns grow over unprepared prison system

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Three inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus in Georgia, raising concerns the pandemic could spread within tight prison quarters nationwide

The inmates at Lee State Prison in Leesburg suffered flu symptoms and were hospitalized Sunday and Monday, the Georgia Department of Corrections said in a statement. Three other prisoners under observation suffered similar symptoms. The entire inmate population at the facility will be screened and quarantined, the statement said without providing details.

"In prison there are too many people in proximity to each other who do not have the option of social distancing and there are literally millions of persons incarcerated who were arrested, but not convicted, who are languishing there awaiting trial," he wrote in a letter to the President."My concern is specifically with those arrested for nonviolent crimes.

 

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How aren’t they in jail...

Drugs can get in you really think a virus can’t

jaketapper All the people saying “Don’t worry about prisoners” should consider: that very sentiment is a result of moral disengagement that will allow them to later turn a blind eye to even more societal groups suffering and dying as this pandemic worsens. 1/2

jaketapper So incredibly predictable and potentially catastrophic.

jaketapper I think that train has left the station

Put this in the Trump knew this was going to happen file so we can use it at his trial. I heard warnings about this 8 weeks ago.

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