State prison officials have initiated a plan to test all 31,000 offenders for COVID-19. “We’ve done some mass testing at prisons with significant outbreaks of this awful virus, but now we are going to test them all, the entire offender population,” said Commissioner of Prisons Todd Ishee. This testing of the population is estimated to…… read more »
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Prisons Begins COVID-19 Testing Of All Offenders
Free COVID-19 Testing To Be Offered To Prisons Staff
The N.C. Department of Public Safety today announced an initiative to make COVID-19 testing available to employees in its Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice (ACJJ). The plan will provide a direct testing solution for the more than 21,000 employees who work across the state in prisons or juvenile facilities, or in the community…… read more »
