.ABC News has reviewed an internal document sent to the nation's Bureau of Prisons facilities. Sources say the document doesn’t provide adequate answers to combating the virus.
Rojas said that there is"no leadership at all" when dealing with the potential for coronavirus in federal prisons.
A spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections told ABC in a statement that there is a working group between"health care executives, public health nurses, custody and prison operations executives, occupational safety experts and department planners responsible for business continuity."They say that health services will continue.
"Visitation is one of the most important services we provide to incarcerated persons and their loved ones. At this time, we have no intention of closing visiting at our institutions, including overnight family visits. However, we do ask that if a person feels sick with fever, cough, or difficulty breathing to please not enter a CDCR institution until they are no longer displaying symptoms.
In Chenango County, NY, Sheriff Ernest Cutting told ABC News it is business as usual with a few different procedures. Cutting, who oversees the Sheriff’s Department which has 66 inmates currently in custody. He said that inmates are being asked if they’ve traveled out of the country.
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