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All state prison inmates will be tested for COVID-19; National Guard will assist

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All state prison inmates will be tested for COVID-19; National Guard will assist

Description (Dublin Core)

On August 5th, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced a plan to test all of the people incarcerated at the 19 state prisons. As of the press conference 10 of the facilities had already been tested and the remaining 9 would be completed by the end of August. To help with this 10 National Guard personnel will be assisting.

Other figures provided show just how quickly the virus spread through an enclosed population that is unable to social distance. At three facilities the total number of cases was 666 and five days later the total case count was well over three thousand.
incarceration, outbreak, spread, prison, Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, National Guard, testing

Date (Dublin Core)

August 5, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Ninette Sosa

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Chris Twing

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

article with video

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Publisher (Dublin Core)

KNWA Fox 24

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Government Federal
English Government State
English Public Health & Hospitals

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

outbreak
prison
testing
Asa Hutchinson
National Guard

Collection (Dublin Core)

Incarceration

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

08/13/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/14/2020
08/02/2022
09/24/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

08/05/2020

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This item was submitted on August 13, 2020 by Chris Twing using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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