The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has imposed a 14-day mandatory quarantine for all new inmates entering any of its facilities as the country's crowded prisons try to slow the spread of the coronavirus
The federal Bureau of Prisons on Tuesday said it has imposed a 14-day mandatory quarantine for all new inmates entering any of its facilities, a challenging directive for the nation’s crowded prisons as they try to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The effort came as bipartisan pressure mounted for the Trump administration to transfer at-risk inmates to home detention and as civil-rights groups urged President Trump to commute the sentences of sick and elderly prisoners who could benefit from compassionate release.
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