‘Disaster waiting to happen’: Thousands of inmates released as jails and prisons face coronavirus threat
3/25/20
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from The Washington Post,
3/25/20:
Amid fears that the coronavirus will carve a deadly path through prisons and jails, counties and states are releasing thousands of inmates — New Jersey alone began freeing hundreds of people this week — and the federal prison system is coming under intense pressure to take similar measures.
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