Collected Item: “Are inmates attempting to infect themselves to gain early release?”
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Are inmates attempting to infect themselves to gain early release?
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video
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One response to the pandemic in the US has been to consider releasing some prison inmates early to quell the spread of the virus within the prison population. This is a valid strategy because social distancing in a prison is impossible. In this video it appears that inmates are all sharing a cup in an attempt to infect themselves. Is that what is actually happening? Are they doing this in hopes that they will be released?
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prison, incarcerated, infection, early release
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https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/05/12/california-inmates-jail-coronavirus-spread-eg-orig.cnn
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CNN
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2020-05-29