Collected Item: “Yuma Inmates Allege Prison Officials Ordered Them To Refuse COVID-19 Testing To Keep Numbers Down”
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Yuma Inmates Allege Prison Officials Ordered Them To Refuse COVID-19 Testing To Keep Numbers Down
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images and article
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This Tweet and linked article explain a haunting story. Inmates at the Yuma prison in Arizona were threatened with a "beat down" unless they refused to take a Covid-19 test in an effort by the administration to keep the case count down. The replies to this Tweet show the public's response to this allegation.
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incarceration, prison, Arizona, testing, threat, prison administration, Twitter
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https://twitter.com/JimmyJenkins/status/1296921772558659584, https://kjzz.org/content/1611602/yuma-inmates-allege-prison-officials-ordered-them-refuse-covid-19-testing-keep
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Jimmy Jenkins
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2020-08-21