COVID-19 Global Roundup: The impact of coronavirus on prisons

With the global pandemic infiltrating every corner of the world, many are beginning to worry about the dire consequences of its arrival in prisons. Given that prisons are crammed with inmates confined to limited space and suffer from poor sanitary conditions, the penetration of coronavirus could deal a fatal blow to sites that are meant to house people convicted of crimes. 

Succumbing to such fears, a prison riot in Colombia's capital Bogota broke out late on Saturday, which left 23 prisoners dead and 83 injured, the justice minister said on Sunday, as detainees protested sanitary conditions amid the global outbreak of coronavirus.

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