About two dozen inmates – all living in one module at the North County Correctional Facility on the sprawling Pitchess property – gathered in a common area and passed around a bottle of hot water in mid-April, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said. Source: Internet
According to CBC's research, at least 3,000 inmates across the country have been placed in isolation since the beginning of the pandemic in March to prevent or contain a COVID outbreak — including in facilities without any cases. Source: Internet
According to his affidavit, the 75-year-old grew concerned about occupying a facility that has more cases of COVID-19 among inmates than any other federal prison in the country. Source: Internet
Additionally, our aging and severely dilapidated facilities are constructed of increasingly breakable materials that ill-intentioned inmates can obtain and fashion into dangerous weapons. Source: Internet
A class-action lawsuit, handled by the Civil Rights Clinic at Michigan State University led by Professor Daniel Manville, was filed at that time on behalf of Jewish inmates Gerald Ackerman and Mark Shaykin. Source: Internet
According to jail officials, eight inmates were affected out of which two had to be taken to hospital for treatment before being brought back to jail. Source: Internet