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First case of coronavirus found among New York prison population
3 min read . Updated: 19 Mar 2020, 06:37 AM IST Bloomberg
Rikers is located on a 413-acre island in the Bronx section of New York. It currently has about 6,000 inmates, the correction officers’ union said..
An inmate in New York’s prison system has been infected with the coronavirus -- the first case reported by prison officials.
“This detainee has been removed from the general population and is being closely monitored by Correctional Health Services," New York City’s Department of Corrections said in a statement on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, the department said a guard at New York’s Rikers Island jail also tested positive for the coronavirus as some city officials called on law enforcement to curtail arrests for low-level crimes in the midst of a pandemic.
The guard, who’s not being named, is under the care of a medical professional, said Peter Thorne, a spokesman for New York City’s Department of Corrections...
First case of coronavirus found among New York prison population
3 min read . Updated: 19 Mar 2020, 06:37 AM IST Bloomberg
Rikers is located on a 413-acre island in the Bronx section of New York. It currently has about 6,000 inmates, the correction officers’ union said..
An inmate in New York’s prison system has been infected with the coronavirus -- the first case reported by prison officials.
“This detainee has been removed from the general population and is being closely monitored by Correctional Health Services," New York City’s Department of Corrections said in a statement on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, the department said a guard at New York’s Rikers Island jail also tested positive for the coronavirus as some city officials called on law enforcement to curtail arrests for low-level crimes in the midst of a pandemic.
The guard, who’s not being named, is under the care of a medical professional, said Peter Thorne, a spokesman for New York City’s Department of Corrections...
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