Rate Of COVID-19 Cases & Deaths In State Prisons Over Three Times Higher Than General Population

Cases of coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) were more than 3.75 times higher among state prison inmates than the general population as of May 3, 2020, according to an analysis by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center. COVID-19 rates were 3.33 times higher among corrections staff than the general population. The rate of…