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500 women at Fort Worth federal prison test positive for coronavirus, second most in U.S.

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The Federal Bureau of Prisons permitted a reporter from the Star-Telegram to interview, on Saturday, several inmates at the Women’s Federal Medical Facility at Carswell (formerly the Hospital of Carwsell AFB, Fort Worth, TX) concerning an official report of 509 cases of COVID-19 virus among the prisoners there. 

As I read the article I was horrified at the living conditions described by the inmates.  There are 1357 women prisoners housed four to a 36 sq. ft cell. In three weeks the number of COVID-19 cases jumped from 3 to 509. They receive one meal per day--a sack lunch containing a cold sandwich. 

I am Quicklinking the article here in hopes that some of you will want to spread the word to your congresscritters and any other authorities you know.  This is unacceptable in America.

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I am a retired physicist and hold a B.S. in Ch. E. as well. I have been an environmental activist since the early 1970s. I was a founding member of the Save Barton Creek Association in Austin, TX. In 2006 I was a member of a select (more...)
 

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