We have been running our daily dashboards on COVID in the prisons in California for a week. Our reporter analyzed staggering increases in the last two weeks at Chuckawalla and Avenal.
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"Chuckwalla State Prison (CVSP) - Total confirmed cases has increased from 28 to 816, which marks a 378% increase in the 2-week period. The facility has cumulatively tested 1217 individuals. This yields a positive test rate of 67.05%, which does not meet the WHO recommendation.
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"Further, it indicates that the disease is far more widespread at CVSP than what is detected."
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"Avenal State Prison (ASP) - Total confirmed cases has increased from 0 to 599 in the 2-week period. The facility has cumulatively tested 1,181 individuals. This yields a positive test rate of 50.72%, which does not come close to the WHO recommendation."
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"The findings overwhelmingly suggest that COVID-19 is going undetected, untested and neglected in several CDCR facilities.
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"The staggeringly high positive test rates at Chuckawalla State Prison and Avenal State Prison raise alarms about the facilities’ negligence and mismanagement of the disease."
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2258 prisoners infected in California prisons as of this evening. Twelve have died at CIM-Chino. The second staff member had now died. These people are not only dying from the Coronavirus; they are dying from indifference.
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