Coronavirus Continues Spreading in California Prisons
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🗓️ 15 June 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:45.9 | This is Forum. I'm Michael Krasny. The California State Prison System now counts 15 inmates |
| 0:51.8 | who have died of coronavirus-related causes. That's as of Friday. Overall, |
| 0:56.8 | more than 2440 inmates in state prisons have tested positive for the virus. That's despite efforts |
| 1:03.0 | to test prison staff and release inmates early. Those figures do not count local and federal |
| 1:08.5 | prison populations in the state, which have also experienced coronavirus outbreaks. |
| 1:12.9 | Meanwhile, some inmates have reported lack of access to safety equipment and health care, |
| 1:17.3 | and we're going to discuss how coronavirus has spread in California prisons |
| 1:20.7 | and how measures to prevent the illness are falling short. |
| 1:24.5 | Joining us, Sam Levin, Los Angeles correspondent for the Guardian US, and welcome to the |
| 1:28.6 | program. Good morning to you. Thank you so much for having me. Glad to have you. Also glad to have |
| 1:33.4 | have Eileen Gao, who is an investigative journalist who covers inequality, injustice, and unintended |
| 1:38.3 | consequences, and we welcome you to the program as well this morning. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you. |
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