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Carty And Barraza: The Hidden Victims Of Covid-19, Victoria Carty, Greg Barraza
Carty And Barraza: The Hidden Victims Of Covid-19, Victoria Carty, Greg Barraza
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"At the Chino Institute for Men (CIM) state prison, notorious for overcrowding conditions, the local authorities are moving toward an illogical pivot from 'containment' to 'encounter' in dealing with the health of both prisoners and staff in terms of the looming threat that Covid-19 poses. Soon, CIM officials intend to transfer inmates who have been living among other inmates who have tested positive for the virus into one of the dormitories where everyone thus far has tested negative and had been quarantined for two weeks. On May 10th the facility halted the movement of all prisoners to isolate those …