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A prison worker was confirmed to have COVID-19 on March 18—the DOC, citing "security and HIPAA restrictions", declined to name the affected prison. The first detected case of COVID-19 in a prison inmate was at Lee State Prison two days later, on March 20. [103] On March 21, CNN reported that three inmates tested positive for COVID-19 at Lee ...
The federal prison system will be among the first government agencies to receive the coronavirus vaccine, though initial allotments of the vaccine will be given to staff and not to inmates, even ...
In Rhode Island, prison staff have refused the vaccine at higher rates than the incarcerated, according to medical director Dr. Justin Berk. As states have begun COVID-19 inoculations at prisons ...
Oct. 28—The union representing federal prison workers will join a nationwide protest Friday to bring attention to staffing shortages, safety concerns and alternatives to the vaccine mandate in ...
Infectious diseases within American correctional settings are a concern within the public health sector. The corrections population is susceptible to infectious diseases through exposure to blood and other bodily fluids, drug injection, poor health care, prison overcrowding, demographics, security issues, lack of community support for rehabilitation programs, and high-risk behaviors. [1]
The relatives of the prisoners at al-Wathba prison, al-Awir prison, and new al-Barsha detention center, informed the HRW that some of the prisoners who were tested positive with COVID-19 and many prisoners with chronic health conditions were denied proper medical aid. The prisons are overcrowded and the authorities have not maintained hygiene ...
A new report put out by the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin details the impact of Texas's failure in particular to address the coronavirus crisis ...
Alert (AA20-099A) COVID-19 Exploited by Malicious Cyber Actors. U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). Mark Beardsworth, Kevin Roberts, (19 May 2020). Crime in the Time of COVID-19: The Progress of UK White-Collar Investigations and Trials During Lockdown. The National Law Review. M Sridhar Acharyulu (4 April 2020).