Collected Item: “Massive COVID-19 outbreak at a southern NM prison hits just one type of inmates — sex offenders. That’s by design.”
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Massive COVID-19 outbreak at a southern NM prison hits just one type of inmates — sex offenders. That’s by design.
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While the headline on this article seems extremely alarming it is less so after reading the article but still concerning. This prison offers a sexual predator rehab program and explains why only sex offenders are being housed here. Except that there were still a small number of prisoners that were serving time for other offenses and these people were transferred to other facilities. At this point 80% of the prison inmates have tested positive for Covid-19. While small numbers of inmates have been released early from prison to aid in slowing the spread of covid within the correctional facilities no one from this prison has been released early because sex offenders are specifically exempt from the option for early release due to the public safety risk they pose.
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prison, jail, incarceration, transfer, sex offender, public safety
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http://nmindepth.com/2020/06/27/massive-covid-19-outbreak-at-a-southern-nm-prison-hits-just-one-type-of-inmates-sex-offenders-thats-by-design/
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Jeff Proctor
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2020-06-27