In under two weeks, Texas jails see 340% increase in inmates testing positive for COVID-19

In less than two weeks, the number of Texas jail inmates testing positive for COVID-19 increased by 340 percent. LBJ's Michele Deitch said that’s one reason many people are calling for the release of low-level offenders or inmates awaiting trial. "We need to try to keep people with the illness from coming into the facility, and we need to be reducing the number of people inside as well," she said.