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Hundreds have died from COVID-19 in Texas prisons |
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| People in Texas are 490 per cent more likely to contract COVID-19 if they’re behind bars, and 140 per cent more likely to die from it, according to a report from the University of Texas at Austin.
At least 231 people have died from COVID-19 in Texas correctional facilities, the report found. That number includes correctional staff, inmates convicted of crimes and people still waiting for trial. In one prison, six per cent of the population has died. The study’s lead author Michele Dietch, a professor of public affairs who specializes in correctional oversight, spoke to CBC’s As It Happens. „I think that it’s a time of real fear for people inside. They can’t control their own environments, and many of them feel like sitting ducks,” she said. In the U.S., several states, including California and New Jersey, have released nonviolent offenders at unprecedented levels in the face of the disease. It’s something Dietch would like to see Texas do as well. |
Prof. Michele Dietch: „Hundreds have died from COVID-19 in Texas prisons”
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