Since the beginning of the pandemic, 45 people in the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) have died after testing positive for COVID-19. Another 5,000 people have tested positive for the virus while in custody. Last week, a federal judge approved a class-action lawsuit over the state’s response to the pandemic inside Oregon’s prisons. Full story <a href='https://www.opb.org/article/2022/04/10/thousands-of-people-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19-in-oregons-prisons-this-man-hopes-to-lead-them-in-a-class-action-lawsuit/'>here</a>

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 45 people in the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) have died after testing positive for COVID-19. Another 5,000 people have tested positive for the virus while in custody. Last week, a federal judge approved a class-action lawsuit over the state’s response to the pandemic inside Oregon’s prisons. Full story here

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 45 people in the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) have died after testing positive for COVID-19. Another 5,000 people have tested positive for the virus while in custody. Last week, a federal judge approved a class-action lawsuit over the state’s response to the pandemic inside Oregon’s prisons. Full story <a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2022/04/10/thousands-of-people-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19-in-oregons-prisons-this-man-hopes-to-lead-them-in-a-class-action-lawsuit/" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>

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The million-dollar class action lawsuit over COVID protocols in Oregon Prisons