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Federal judge: Philly jails must relax extreme COVID-19 lockdown measures for sake of mental health

“The current shelter-in-place policy... keeps incarcerated people in their cells for nearly 24 hours a day," Judge Berle Schiller wrote, calling it harmful to mental and physical health.

Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility is pictured in Northeast Philadelphia.
Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility is pictured in Northeast Philadelphia.Read moreTim Tai / Staff file photo