A North Texas federal prison has more than 1,000 prisoners with COVID-19, one of whom died from the virus, reports NBC News. According to the report, the Seagoville Federal Correctional Institute has a total of 1,798 inmates and at least 1,072 have tested positive for coronavirus. An inmate, James Giannetta, …
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(Newser) – A California correctional facility currently accounts for almost half of the more than 2,000 prison cases in COVID-19 state, a fact that Governor Gavin Newsom now calls a “deep area of focus and concern.” Quoting data from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, USA Today reports that …
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