Severe epidemic in US federal prisons: more than 10,000 prisoners diagnosed and more than 100 died

　　China News Service, July 28, reported that the new crown epidemic situation in US federal prisons is severe. According to data on the official website of the Federal Prison Administration on the 27th, since the outbreak, more than 10,000 prisoners have been diagnosed, including staff. 102 people have died.

　　According to reports, the US federal prison system has 122 facilities and holds nearly 129,000 prisoners nationwide. According to data from the US Federal Bureau of Prisons, more than 35,000 people have been tested for the new crown virus, and more than 10,000 prisoners have tested positive for the new crown virus.

Data map: Exterior view of a prison in South Carolina, USA.

　　According to data released on the official website of the Federal Bureau of Prisons on July 27, at present, 101 inmates and 1 prison staff have died of the new crown virus in the US federal prisons.

　　According to reports, US Attorney General Barr in March instructed the Federal Prison Service to release some prisoners to curb the spread of the epidemic. At present, more than 7,000 prisoners have been released.

　　But Sharon Dolovich, director of the Prison Data Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, and professor of law, said that number is not enough. She said that these deaths were instinctively avoided, and it was only because the relevant departments did not take relevant actions that the situation changed to what it is now.