The threat to the 2.3 million-strong US prison population was seen last week in the death of Andrea Circle Bear, a 30-year-old native American woman from South Dakota. Read Now »Riots over inadequate protection and slow responses by prison authorities have already taken place in prisons in Washington state and Kansas. The federal Bureau of Prisons, which has 152,000 inmates and 36,000 staff, found outbreaks in more than half of its 122 facilities. Less than 3,000 tests have been administered, however, with 1,842 prisoners and 343 staff testing positive, and 36 inmate deaths. Brian Miller, an officer at the Marion prison, warned this week that the situation would only worsen.

Source: Standard Digital May 03, 2020 06:11 UTC