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April 3, 2020      2:29 PM

Texas prisons adjust to accommodate COVID-19 challenge

Employees working in Texas prisons are the weakest link right now in the spread of COVID-19, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Executive Director Bryan Collier said in a Facebook livestream this afternoon to discuss the spread of the current pandemic.

Collier, in a question-and-answer session with Communications Director Jeremy Desel, outlined the procedures the state’s prison system has undertaken to keep the spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 under control. As of today, 3 offenders in the system and 16 employees or contractors have tested positive for COVID-19.

“We’re the biggest risk factor,” Collier said of employees. “Obviously, we’ve got to take care of ourselves inside, but when we’re going home, we need to do what the governor has told us to do, which is go home, shelter in place, and do the essentials. That’s essentially it right now.”

By Kimberly Reeves and Scott Braddock

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