'While I surely understand the need to transfer prisoners from time to time, now—in the midst of this pandemic—seems unwise and unnecessary,' Governor Justice wrote Friday.
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice asked the Federal Bureau of Prisons to put a stop to the transferring of out-of-state prisoners into West Virginia correctional facilities in a letter Friday. Justice expressed a worry that prisoners from other areas could potentially expose employees at West Virginia jails to Covid-19.
"While I surely understand the need to transfer prisoners from time to time, now—in the midst of this pandemic—seems unwise and unnecessary," Justice wrote to BOP Director Michael Carvajal. "I urge, therefore, that the decision to transfer these prisoners into West Virginia be reconsidered to ensure the work that we have done to fight this pandemic is not unintentionally undone by importing inmates who may be carrying the virus into our state," Justice added.West Virginia Governor Jim Justice asked the Bureau of Prisons on Friday not to transfer inmates who may have been exposed to coronavirus to correction facilities in his state.
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