Collected Item: “A CLOSER LOOK: in prison and COVID positive … what happens next?”
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A CLOSER LOOK: in prison and COVID positive … what happens next?
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article
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This article talks with several people who have loved ones at correctional facilities across Arkansas. One woman explains that her loved on, Derek Coley, age 29, housed in the Cummins Unit, was due to go before the prison board for possible release in June but instead he died from Covid. He told staff he couldn't breath, was taken to the infirmary where they called an ambulance but he died before it arrives. Another incarcerated person sent a letter from an outside hospital to notify his family he was sick with covid, the prison never informed them. A third person said they were tested for Covid, had the virus, and were sent back to their cell, never isolated, and didn't receive any follow up care for days.
The article also outlines the state correctional facilities Policy/Procedures for notifying next of kin.
The article also outlines the state correctional facilities Policy/Procedures for notifying next of kin.
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incarceration, testing, quarantine, ambulance, medical care, hospital, letter, next of kin, prison, Arkansas
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https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/a-closer-look/a-closer-look-in-prison-and-covid-positive-what-happens-next/
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Ninette Sosa
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2020-05-04