Solitary confinement is being used as a means of punishment, now it is being used as a means to ... [+] control spread of COVID-19. Many of those with shorter sentences find their way into minimum security federal prison camps, the lowest security classification in the BOP. Prison camp living areas are more akin to a group of doorless cubicles arranged in a dormitory rather than individual cells. A few weeks later, a positive Covid-19 test led to the return to quarantine in the higher security prison cells. I wrote about the minimum security camp at FCI Estill that was destroyed by a tornado in April.

Source: Forbes July 16, 2020 13:41 UTC