1 in 5 workers behind bars suffer COVID in US prisons
Vol. 85/No. 1 - January 4, 2021![Rally near San Quentin State Prison in California July 9, where 20 inmates who tested positive for COVID-19 spoke out against conditions. Over 2,200 inmates were infected and 28 died.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/PrisonCovid_8501-300x178.jpg)
Workers behind bars are among those being hit hardest by COVID-19. One in five state and federal prisoners in the U.S. has tested positive for the virus, a rate over four times higher than in the general population. In some…