Prison officials throughout Pennsylvania have been scrambling to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 in correctional facilities, as advocates step up efforts to release the most at-risk inmates.

The series of decisions began more than a week ago as three inmates and five employees at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County tested positive for the coronavirus and had to self-quarantine. On March 27, officials in Philadelphia announced that an inmate and an employee in the city’s Department of Prison tested positive as well. Then on Sunday, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced that its first inmate had also tested positive, prompting a system-wide quarantine for state prisons.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]