prison health care

One Missouri inmate says prisoners feel "powerless" to control the spread of the coronavirus. He's worried guards are taking it home to their communities.

Kansas prisoners are concerned about not having access to adequate hygiene and cleaning supplies, and the state ignoring other health care recommendations that would slow the spread of COVID-19.

A check-in on the the well-being of nurses working through the pandemic, incarcerated folks say health and safety recommendations are being ignored in Kansas prisons, and how a smartphone app could ease the labor of tracking positive COVID-19 cases.

Missouri's prisons so far haven't had large COVID-19 clusters like in Kansas and other states. But corrections officers and civil liberties advocates pushed for testing a broader swath of the prison population.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas wants the state Department of Corrections to release more than half of the prison population. The state argues that could be dangerous and complicated.

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