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Incarceration has always threatened health. COVID-19 just worsened the problem. | Opinion

During the pandemic, jail populations—largely poor people who can’t afford bail—have been some of the hardest hit by the virus.

As of Dec. 16 2,156 people incarcerated in New York's prisons, 2,333 staffers and 151 parolees had tested positive for coronavirus since the onset of the pandemic, state data shows.
As of Dec. 16 2,156 people incarcerated in New York's prisons, 2,333 staffers and 151 parolees had tested positive for coronavirus since the onset of the pandemic, state data shows.Read moreAndrew Burton / MCT
    by Armen Henderson, For The Inquirer
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