Any crowded area, in a city, suburbs, etc is very prone to quick spread of disease.
Cheryl Nelson said:
In other news, as New York emerges as America's premier hot spot, the situation on Riker's Island, the nation's second-largest prison system, is growing increasingly dire. According to information from the city's Board of Correction, 21 Rikers inmates, 12 jail employees and five correctional health workers have tested positive for COVID-19, up from just 8 the day before.
Already, one worker at the complex has died. Just like the prison outbreaks in China, the virus spread rapidly from workers on the periphery to the corrections officers to the prisoners. According to the New York Times, It started with a jails investigator in an office three miles from Rikers Island. Then, a correction officer at a security checkpoint near the entrance to the jail complex got it. Hours later, it was an inmate in a crowded housing unit.
In other news, as New York emerges as America's premier hot spot, the situation on Riker's Island, the nation's second-largest prison system, is growing increasingly dire. According to information from the city's Board of Correction, 21 Rikers inmates, 12 jail employees and five correctional health workers have tested positive for COVID-19, up from just 8 the day before.
Already, one worker at the complex has died. Just like the prison outbreaks in China, the virus spread rapidly from workers on the periphery to the corrections officers to the prisoners. According to the New York Times, It started with a jails investigator in an office three miles from Rikers Island. Then, a correction officer at a security checkpoint near the entrance to the jail complex got it. Hours later, it was an inmate in a crowded housing unit.
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Any crowded area, in a city, suburbs, etc is very prone to quick spread of disease.
Cheryl Nelson said:
In other news, as New York emerges as America's premier hot spot, the situation on Riker's Island, the nation's second-largest prison system, is growing increasingly dire. According to information from the city's Board of Correction, 21 Rikers inmates, 12 jail employees and five correctional health workers have tested positive for COVID-19, up from just 8 the day before.
Already, one worker at the complex has died. Just like the prison outbreaks in China, the virus spread rapidly from workers on the periphery to the corrections officers to the prisoners. According to the New York Times, It started with a jails investigator in an office three miles from Rikers Island. Then, a correction officer at a security checkpoint near the entrance to the jail complex got it. Hours later, it was an inmate in a crowded housing unit.
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