COVID in the prisons

[swamp]

Prisons are a petri dish of germs, and it's impossible to practice social distancing. 

This is one place where Gov. Cuomo has really dropped the ball.     He did not shut down visits from family, kept transferring inmates around the state, and did not allow the staff to wear their own PPE.    There are now several cases of COVID in the prisons, and it's now going to spread rapidly. 

And even if you think the inmates "are getting what they deserve," there are 1,000s of employees whose lives are at risk.  

www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/41027/20200401/i-don-t-want-him-to-die-in-prison-coronavirus-fears-grow-in-north-country-prisons

[thyme4change]

The prisons are going to be a real problem. I'm not sure how they are going to handle it when a large percentage of their population gets sick.

[swamp]

Apr 2, 2020 13:10:03 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

The prisons are going to be a real problem. I'm not sure how they are going to handle it when a large percentage of their population gets sick.

they're going to die. 

Most of NYS prisons are in rural area which are not equipped to deal with a large number of patients. 

[happyhoix]

I thought Harvey Weinstein got CV19 in prison but I just checked and his spokesman said that hasn't happened. Yet. 

Not that I would ever ever wish any disease on anyone, But to be perfectly honest, I would mourn certain people's deaths more than others. No, Jesus would not like that, but I agree. One of my many failings.