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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about politics.

It's Thursday, June 18th.

I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

More than 68,000 prison inmates are now reportedly infected with COVID-19, and the Times reports

that the number of prison deaths related to the virus has risen by 73% since mid-May.

The five largest known virus clusters in the country are inside prisons and jails,

numbers that will continue to grow as more protesters are arrested and held in local jails overnight.

The Cummins Unit Prison in southeastern Arkansas

houses nearly 2,000 inmates, primarily black men. 956 people in Cummins have tested positive

for the virus, making it the 10th largest coronavirus outbreak in the country.

Until recently, Arkansas Governor Aza Hutchinson resisted requests to allow inmates to petition for early release.

At a press conference on April 13th, he defended that decision.

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