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Collected Item: “Florida inmate COVID-19 deaths up to 59 as outbreaks continue”

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Florida inmate COVID-19 deaths up to 59 as outbreaks continue

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article

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Covid is particularly dangerous in places where social distancing is not an option. For this reason the nation's correctional facilities have seen huge outbreaks of the virus. This article discusses the conditions in Florida's prisons. While the state says they are doing more to combat the virus as of this article's writing Florida has seen 59 incarcerated people die from Covid.

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incarceration, prison, outbreak, spread, Covid, Florida, death, death sentence

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https://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/2020/08/05/florida-inmate-covid-19-deaths-up-to-59-as-outbreaks-continue/

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News Service of Florida

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2020-08-05
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