Crowded Prisons Are Festering ‘Petri Dishes’ For Coronavirus, Observers Warn

Plainfield Correctional Facility, an Indiana state prison southwest of Indianapolis, listed 89 cases of test-confirmed COVID-19 among inmates and four deaths from the illness, as of Thursday.

Indiana prisoners say they can’t protect themselves from the virus, as the governor resists calls to reduce overcrowding. “Scared for our lives,” says an inmate.

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