Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterOn Sunday night, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver addressed one area in the country that is experiencing a deadly and alarming spike in coronavirus: prisons and jails.Oliver shared stats from the New York Times that there have been 68,000 infected inmates and prison deaths linked to COVID-19 is up to 73% while five of the largest clusters of the virus are in correctional facilities.This is especially alarming because 2.2 million individuals are being held in them across the country and inmates higher health risks.
Between 1999-206, the number of people 55 or older in state and federal prisons increased 280 percent. People inside jails are more likely to be immunocompromised and they may have.
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