As COVID-19 Spreads In Prisons, Lockdowns Spark Fear Of More Solitary Confinement

Tents are visible behind wire fences last month near buildings of the Federal Medical Center prison in Fort Worth, Texas. Hundreds of inmates inside the facility reportedly have tested positive for the coronavirus, and several have died.

With many U.S. prisons on lockdown amid the pandemic, preventing captives in their cells has emerged as a mode to stop viral spread. Preaches worry that will increase the use of solitary confinement.

( Image credit: LM Otero/ AP)

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