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Healthy and sick kept together at Lehigh County Jail as COVID-19 cases double, inmates say
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Dec 20, 2020
FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2020, file photo, family members of inmates incarcerated in the Utah Department of Corrections prison system hold candles and say a prayer following a rally outside the Department of Corrections office in Draper, Utah.Steve Griffin/The Deseret News via AP, File
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COVID-19 cases have more than doubled among inmates at Lehigh County Jail in the past week, according to a county spokeswoman, and inmates are alarmed at what they describe as a worsening situation of the virus spreading quickly in housing blocks.