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Sandy Hausman reports on what’s been promised and why the ACLU is unhappy with progress in protecting prisoners.
If you’re a regular RADIO IQ listener, you may remember the story of Andre Daniels, a 32-year-old inmate at the Greensville Correctional Center, serving a 21-year sentence for carjacking. Daniels says he was in a bad mental state at the time, having lost his job in construction, and just wanted to leave Hampton Roads.
“My life was just spiraling out of control, he recalls. I wasn t able to find a job, and I fell behind on my bills, got evicted from my apartment and everything was just happening so fast.”
Prisons are divided into âzones.â Inmates have been given personal protective equipment. Visitation is canceled. Testing has ramped up. Still, the positive COVID-19 cases continue to climb within Virginia prisons.
The Virginia Department of Corrections reported on Dec. 10 that there are 593 active cases among inmates and 227 among staff, which includes employees and contractors. There have been over 5,200 positive COVID-19 cases and 35 deaths reported among inmates since late March. More than 1,250 staff cases have been confirmed since the spring.
The recent spike in cases came after a dip in October and November, which followed a flurry of positive cases in September. Outside of prisons, COVID-19 is rippling through the state with a new high daily record reported this week.
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