A novel coronavirus outbreak that has sickened 576 inmates at a Tennessee prison appears to have come from members of the staff, according to the facility's medical director.
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Williams, however, said it's irrelevant how many prison staffers live in the surrounding community, which is about 60 miles north of Chattanooga.The Bledsoe Correctional Complex in Pikeville, Tenn., is pictured in an image made from video."That perception is misguided in the fact that where it will actually start is not in the prison and then come out into the community. It is, in fact, the other way around," Williams said.
One of the worst outbreaks has occurred at the Marion Correctional Institution in north-central Ohio, where 2,028 of the 2,500 inmates and 169 employees have tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction. Four inmates have died at the prison after contracting the virus, officials said.
In Arkansas, at least 670 inmates and 10 staffers at the Cummins Unit prison in Grady, Arkansas, have also tested positive for coronavirus, state officials said last week.A federal lawsuit has been filed by 11 elderly Arkansas state prison inmates seeking an immediate release from confinement alleging that officials are violating their rights by keeping them in close quarters without enough proper hygienic equipment.
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