Collected Item: “The only Texas prison reporting zero coronavirus cases is where inmates make soap. But that’s not what’s credited with protecting it.”
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The only Texas prison reporting zero coronavirus cases is where inmates make soap. But that’s not what’s credited with protecting it.
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One prison unit in all of Texas still doesn't have any confirmed Coronavirus cases in incarcerated persons or staff. The Roach Unit attributes this to being located in a community with a low population and following the rules set out by the state for corrections facilities. Ironically, this facility is also where soap and hand sanitizer is also made for prisons. Though most prisons will not allow hand sanitizer to be given to inmates because it contains alcohol, they could drink it or use it as an accelerant to start a fire. While the warden states he is just following the rules, others say it is his strict adherence to the rules that has kept everyone healthy. Other facilities could possibly use this facility to learn from.
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incarceration, Texas, Roach Unit, Childress, Pan Handle, soap, hand sanitizer, healthy
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https://www.texastribune.org/2020/08/07/roach-unit-texas-coronavirus/
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Jolie McCullough
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2020-08-07