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Health Care & Hospital Law,
Criminal

Mar. 24, 2020

Despite releases, virus hits jails and prisons

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Federal Bureau of Prisons are modifying their operations to maximize social distancing and to limit inmates’ exposure to at-risk individuals.

Despite efforts of several localities to begin releasing inmates early to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, it has now entered California’s prisons and jails. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Federal Bureau of Prisons are modifying operations to maximize social distancing and to limit inmates’ exposure to at-risk individuals.

At least one state prison inmate and five prison employees have tested positive...

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