1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times as high as the general populationLITTLE ROCK, Ark. Venters has conducted more than a dozen court-ordered COVID-19 prison inspections around the country. Some 5,100 prisoners have become infected in Kansas prisons, the third-highest COVID-19 rate in the country, behind only South Dakota and Arkansas. Half of the prisoners in Kansas have been infected with COVID-19 — eight times the rate of cases among the state’s overall population. Nationwide, the mortality rate for COVID-19 among prisoners is 45% higher than the overall rate.

Source: ABC News December 18, 2020 11:15 UTC