![]() ![]() As of late Thursday there were no reported cases in American prisons, though experts say it’s just a matter of time. So far, the respiratory virus has sickened more than 97,000 people worldwide and at least 200 in the U.S. You may have access to water, but nothing to wipe your hands off with, or no access to soap.” Many of the sinks are broken or not in use. “There are lots of people using a small number of bathrooms. “Jails and prisons are often dirty and have really very little in the way of infection control,” said Homer Venters, former chief medical officer at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex. The incident was a minor blip in Johnson’s last prison stay a decade ago, but the rules hold true today and underscore a potential problem for combating coronavirus: Behind bars, some of the most basic disease prevention measures are against the rules or simply impossible. Then, she said, he wrote her up and she lost her recreation and phone privileges for 10 days. In the Central Texas prison where she was housed, alcohol-based hand sanitizer was against the rules-and the on-duty officer was quick to let her know it. When Lauren Johnson reached for a squirt of hand sanitizer on her way out of the doctor’s office, she regretted it immediately. Sign up for our newsletters to receive all of our stories and analysis. The Marshall Project is a nonprofit newsroom covering the U.S. ![]() Coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, criminal justice and immigration. ![]()
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