Breaking: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will begin widespread testing of state prisoners for the coronavirus.
Inmates will administer the tests to themselves. bit.ly/35Rcr91
Inmates will administer the tests to themselves. bit.ly/35Rcr91
A spokesperson said the agency is going to change how it reports its numbers on coronavirus infections in its prisons — the number of negative tests will likely be removed from reported data. bit.ly/35Rcr91
That would publicly obscure what percentage of tested inmates and employees have the virus. bit.ly/35Rcr91
The virus is fully entrenched in the Texas prison system, with more than 2,300 inmates and employees infected at dozens of units as of Monday.
Thirty prisoners and seven TDCJ employees have presumably died from #COVID19. bit.ly/35Rcr91
Thirty prisoners and seven TDCJ employees have presumably died from #COVID19. bit.ly/35Rcr91
Catch up on @jsmccullou’s reporting on the state of the outbreak in Texas prisons: “People are scared to tell the officers that they’re sick because they say they’re not doing much of anything to actually help.” bit.ly/2AnHOwd
