Stories tagged: "Inmate"

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Health ‘They’re Scared’: Arizona Inmates Denied Masks, Access to COVID Tests

Despite nearly 1,000 inmates and corrections staff testing positive for COVID-19, little is being done to curb the spread of the virus in Arizona prisons.

July 22, 2020 11:06 am MST
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Coronavirus Another Prisoner Dies of COVID-19 in Arizona

Alfonzo Raymond Salazar, a death row inmate at Florence Prison, died of COVID-19. However, the Department of Corrections has yet to comment...again.

May 1, 2020 11:29 am MST

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