1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had coronavirus, 1,700 have died
At least 275,000 prisoners have been infected, more than 1,700 have died and the spread of the virus behind bars shows no sign of slowing.
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- In this March 16, 2011, file photo, a security fence surrounds inmate housing on the Rikers Island correctional facility in New York. As of Wednesday, May 6, 2020, more than 20,000 inmates have been infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus. At least 275,000 prisoners have been infected, more than 1,700 have died and the spread of the virus behind bars shows no sign of slowing. [ BEBETO MATTHEWS | AP ]
Published Dec. 18, 2020
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. â One in very five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times higher than the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate four times higher than in the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by the Associated Press and the Marshall Project.
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its 10th month and as the first Americans begin to receive a long-awaited vaccine at least 275,000 prisoners have been infected, more than 1,700 have died and the spread of the coronavirus behind bars shows no sign of slowing. New cases in prisons this week reached their highest level since testing began in the spring, far surpassing previous peaks in April and August.
Coronavirus has reached 1 in 5 prisoners in the U.S., killing 1,700 of them
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FILE - In this July 9, 2020, file photo, people hold up a banner while listening to a news conference outside San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. One in five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times higher than the general population. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)AP
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By BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL and KATIE PARK of The Marshall Project, and ANDREW DEMILLO of The Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) One in very five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times higher than the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project.
20% of prisoners in the US have had COVID-19, 1,700 have died
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
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By Beth Schwartzapfel and Katie Park of The Marshall Project and Andrew DeMillo of The Associated Press
One in very five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times higher than the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project.
As the pandemic enters its 10th month and as the first Americans begin to receive a long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine at least 275,000 prisoners have been infected, more than 1,700 have died and the spread of the virus behind bars shows no sign of slowing. New cases in prisons this week reached their highest level since testing began in the spring, far outstripping previous peaks in April and August.
1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died
In this July 9, 2020, file photo, people hold up a banner while listening to a news conference outside San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. One in five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times higher than the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Donte Westmoreland poses for a photo outside a hotel Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in southeast Denver. Westmoreland was recently released from Lansing Correctional Facility in Kansas, where he caught the virus while serving time on a marijuana charge. Some 5,000 prisoners have become infected in Kansas prisons, the second-highest COVID-19 rate in the country, second only to South Dakota. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)