70% of Texas prisoners tested have the coronavirus. Experts say it's time for more testing and fewer inmates.

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Published:
May 4, 2020

Some of the nation's biggest COVID-19 outbreaks have been in prisons and jails, and they can quickly spread to surrounding communities. Are Texas prisons doing enough to protect inmates, staff and the public? "Until they start doing mass testing, I don't think they’re going to get a hold of the problem there," said LBJ's Michele Deitch. "There are going to continue to be deaths, and it's going to continue spreading to the communities both through staff and people who are released and people who are sent to community hospitals."

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