So far this week, a total of 23 inmates have escaped correctional facilities in two states after at least one inmate had tested positive at each of two facilities.
in two states after at least one inmate had tested positive at each of two facilities -- and by late Wednesday a dozen remained at large, officials said.
Outside jails, federal officials have encouraged citizens to keep at least 6 feet away from each other to better protect against the spread of the virus.
The Rikers Island jail complex stands in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background, June 20, 2014.Her boyfriend “was sleeping in the bunk next to somebody who's been infected,” she said. “And when they transferred him to another building, he was handcuffed to another guy who got tested positive, and half of them don't even know their result yet.
"This is really challenging, a crisis like this -- things start to fray," he continued."It's really going to test everybody's strength and [the] ability to perform their jobs. So, I mean,” he said, pausing."I've never seen anything like this.""There’s plenty of soap and water," he said."We can’t give them hand sanitizer because it’s very flammable. And it can also be used to distill their own alcohol.
There are about 1.3 million people in state prisons, about three-quarters of a million in local jails and about a quarter million in federal prisons, according to the Prison Policy Initiative.
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