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• 'They cough and it scares you': Miami-Dade COs fearful of COVID-19 spread

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  Officers are wearing masks and gloves, but have been cautioned to save them for longer periods as shortages loom

• COVID-19 resources from corrections organizations (updating)

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  Industry association websites, webinars and resources offer training, procedures and advocacy for their members who are on the frontline pandemic response

• NJ COs claim state is risking their health as COVID-19 spreads in prisons

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  Officers and inmates across the state prison system described conditions ripe for an outbreak, with a shortage of sanitizing products and lax policies at some prisons

• Union: Ill. county COs don't have proper access to PPE, hand sanitizer

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  Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has repeatedly denied allegations that conditions at the facility are unsanitary or inadequate

• Ala. prison system's COVID-19 plan anticipates widespread infection, deaths

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  A 263-page document says the design of the state's prisons, overcrowding and understaffing make it "impossible" to keep COs and inmates safe from COVID-19

• Ore. inmates making masks for COs, prisoners statewide

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  Officials said the masks are intended to "reduce the amount of droplets expelled from a person's cough or sneeze"

• Attorney General Barr expedites release of inmates vulnerable to COVID-19

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  Highest priority was given to inmates who are being held at FCC Oakdale, a prison complex in Louisiana where five inmates have died

• Concerns, tension mount as COVID-19 cases found inside Va. prisons

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  Officials are following the CDC's guidance and the warden said he regularly checks on inmates and staff

• La. inmates using donated supplies to make hand sanitizer

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  Officials said inmates at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center have "worked tirelessly to produce large quantities of hand sanitizer"

• Mich. prisons now requiring all COs, inmates to wear masks

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  The mask requirement will apply across the board, regardless of whether a facility has been touched by COVID-19

• Whistleblower: Ariz. DOC director barring use of protective masks

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  The complaint, which was filed by Lt. Mark Hasz, says COs at Lewis Prison were told they couldn't bring in or wear their own PPE

• NY to provide masks for COs, quarantined inmates

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  Officers will be permitted to wear either the N95 respirator mask or surgical-type mask in prisons

• Official: NY was 'too slow to respond' to COVID-19 spread in prisons

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  Congresswoman Elise Stefanik said the state didn't suspend inmate transfers quickly enough, a move correctional officers called for weeks ago

• Federal prisons order lockdown to curb spread of COVID-19

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  The directive, issued by Bureau of Prisons director Michael Carvajal, takes effect April 1 and will last for at least 14 days

• Lawsuit: Inmates want hand sanitizer, social distancing amid COVID-19 crisis

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  The lawsuit claims that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has failed to put in place the necessary infection control policies and practices at a geriatric prison

• Okla. jail staff on COVID-19: 'We're taking every precaution we can'

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  Rogers County Jail has stations set up in both ends of the jail for officers to grab PPE and decontaminate; inmates have been given extra soap and hand sanitizer

• NY CO union rep renews call for PPE after testing positive for COVID-19

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  NYSCOPBA president Michael Powers called on the governor to make "employee safety a priority" and allow "all staff members the ability to use basic PPE"

• 'Ticking time bombs': Mo. doctors, advocates call for release of inmates

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  Advocates say protecting inmates from infection will also help protect correctional staff who go home to their families each night

• NJ COs want more masks, fresh air breaks as COVID-19 grows

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  Officials said they agree on the premise of breaks and fresh air, but they do not want COs leaving the facility

• COVID-19 FAQs for correctional officers: Part 2

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  We answer some commonly asked questions about COVID-19 transmission and testing

• CDC releases interim guidance on COVID-19 management in correctional facilities

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  The document was written to protect the health and safety of staff, inmates and visitors

• A public health doctor and head of corrections agree: We must immediately release people from jails and prisons

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  Decisive action by governors and the President now can save lives – of incarcerated people, correctional and medical personnel, and nearby community members

• NJ COs want hazard pay, testing center as COVID-19 cases rise

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  Union officials want a pay increase for COs as they face the rapid spread of COVID-19 inside the state's prisons

• 5 Mass. DOC employees, 10 inmates test positive for COVID-19

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  As COVID-19 threatens to spread behind bars, defense attorneys are filing motions for some inmates' release

• Medical staff working in Calif. jails worried about spread of COVID-19

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  San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore has introduced a series of procedures to confront the novel coronavirus, including regular cleaning and disinfecting of the jails

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