The death comes as the Riverside County Sheriff's Department faces scrutiny about its ability to protect people who live and work in the jails.
A Riverside County jail inmate who tested positive for COVID-19 died Tuesday, marking the second coronavirus-related inmate death in three days.facing questions from civil rights attorneysAs of Wednesday, 141 inmates have tested positive for the virus and most have recovered, according to the Riverside University Health System-Public Health. The Sheriff’s Department has not provided a breakdown of coronavirus cases at each of the jails it runs.
The first inmate death occurred Sunday. The man had been in custody since August 2018 and housed at Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning. He came down with flu-like symptoms on April 13 and tested positive the next day, the Sheriff’s Department said. Six days later, his symptoms worsened and he was taken to a hospital.
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