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COVID-19: Nearly 3,000 CT Prison System Inmates Have Tested Positive, 13 Have Died COVID-19: Nearly 3,000 CT Prison System Inmates Have Tested Positive, 13 Have Died
Covid-19: Nearly 3,000 CT Prison System Inmates Have Tested Positive, 13 Have Died Another inmate housed at a Connecticut Department of Corrections facility has died of COVID-19, the agency said, bringing the total number of virus fatalities behind bars in the state to 13 this year.  The 69-year-old inmate died on Tuesday, Dec. 22 after he had been treated in an external hospital for seven days.  According to the Department of Correction, he was serving a 12-year sentence for first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child, and was not eligible for parole until April.  Due to medical privacy laws, the names of inmates who have succumbed to the di…

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