Fitness & Health
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Officials hope to produce up to 15,000 masks per day
The DOC’s update was given less than 36 hours after the first confirmed COVID-19 case inside a state correctional facility
Sheriff Jack Campbell said about 20 nonviolent offenders have been identified as candidates for release due to COVID-19 concerns, but only if necessary
All three products, which are in the early stages of being developed, will be produced by inmates at various facilities
In addition to the three inmates who tested positive, three other Lee State inmates are “under observation for exhibiting flu-like symptoms”
The inmate, who is housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, complained of chest pains a few days after he arrived at the facility
There have been no reports of inmates testing positive for COVID-19, but prisoners and their families are still fearful
After the positive result, 18 inmates were quarantined and 11 medical staffers were sent home
Officials ordered the release of non-violent and short-term inmates to combat the looming threat of COVID-19 in jails
While visitations have been cut off to Central Texas jails, few test kits are available to inmates and some jails don’t have kits at all