The Dire Situation at U.S. Prisons
Prognosis: Misconception
Bloomberg
4.1 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Calls continue to mount for the release of inmates at risk of COVID-19 infection as cases rise at correctional facilities across the country. So far, 70 percent of inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Oakdale Federal Correctional Complex, a low-security prison about 200 miles west of New Orleans, is one of the federal prisons hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Jordan Gass-Poore’ reports on what is being done to combat the spread of the disease in the prison population.
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| 0:31.7 | Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 71 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic. Our main story, |
| 0:42.7 | U.S. prisons have been among the places hardest hit by COVID-19. It's hard to implement strict |
| 0:49.7 | social distancing when you're forced into small shared living quarters. Advocates for prisoners |
| 0:56.0 | say prison administrators aren't doing enough to protect prison inmates and staff. And calls |
| 1:03.0 | to release large numbers of nonviolent offenders are mounting. But first, here's what happened today. |
| 1:15.6 | More than 76 million Americans put off getting medical care they needed in the past month, |
| 1:20.6 | according to new U.S. Census data. During the pandemic, the Census estimates that more than one-third of the adult population delayed care. |
| 1:30.3 | The virus is indirectly affecting our health in other ways, too. |
| 1:34.3 | The new survey also found high rates of mental health problems, including reported symptoms of anxiety in more than 40% of the population. |
| 1:50.4 | Health experts and medical providers are increasingly concerned about the long-term consequences of the shutdowns. |
| 1:53.6 | The U.S. is pledging as much as $1.2 billion to AstraZeneca to help make the University |
| 2:00.7 | of Oxford's COVID vaccine. |
| 2:03.6 | President Donald Trump, who has been widely criticized for his response to the pandemic, |
| 2:07.6 | is pushing the country toward the front of the line for immunizations. |
| 2:12.6 | The U.S. has also backed projects at Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, and Francis Sanofi, fueling |
| 2:20.0 | concerns that other countries could fall behind. |
| 2:24.3 | Finally, yet another grim milestone. |
| 2:28.0 | Coronavirus cases globally have reached 5 million. |
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