"I don't want him to die in prison": Coronavirus fears grow in North Country prisons
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(Apr 2, 2020) Front-line doctors and nurses in the North Country are warning that a major outbreak of COVID-19 in the region's prisons could be "inevitable." Meanwhile state officials have declined to say how they plan to keep prison employees and inmates safe.
Corrections officers and families of inmates say they're frightened and don’t feel like they’re getting the protection they need.