Covid in Jail

A class of San Diego County Jail inmates accuse Sheriff William Gore of refusing to release low-risk offenders who are at high risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus and failing to follow CDC guidelines for handling prisoners.

In this April 16, 2020, photo a gloved hand points to a holding cell at the hospital ward of the Twin Towers jail in Los Angeles. Across the country first responders who've fallen ill from COVID-19, recovered have begun the harrowing experience of returning to jobs that put them back on the front lines of America's fight against the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

SAN DIEGO — A class of San Diego County Jail inmates accuse Sheriff William Gore of refusing to release low-risk offenders who are at high risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus and failing to follow CDC guidelines for handling prisoners.

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