Collected Item: “Thousands of Texas prisoners still have the coronavirus. More than 25% of inmates at four units are infected.”
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Thousands of Texas prisoners still have the coronavirus. More than 25% of inmates at four units are infected.
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article
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"Two Texas prisons each have more than 670 inmates with active coronavirus infections, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the highest counts seen at any state lockup since the pandemic began." What makes this Covid so scary in a prison is that if caught it can turn a short sentence into a defacto death sentence. For this reason many advocate early release for nonviolent offenders but Texas Governor Greg Abbott does not agree.
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Texas, prison, incarceration, percent positive, infection rate, testing, death, defacto death sentence
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https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/14/texas-prisons-coronavirus-infections/
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Jolie McCullough
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2020-07-14