Hundreds of inmates are being released from jails across the US to stop coronavirus spread
HUNDREDS of inmates are being released from jails across the US to stop the killer coronavirus from spreading behind bars.
Officials in New York, California, Ohio, and other states are ousting elderly or ailing jailbirds to curb the outbreak.
reports 314 people were up for early release at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, while 67 others were released by the court on their own recognizance orders.
Cuyahoga County jail in Ohio also released hundreds of inmates over the weekend as the virus spread through the jail.
VOCAL New York, a grassroots advocacy organization, revealed that " yesterday, as cases surge in the notorious island prison.
As overcrowded facilities grapple with the crisis, over 100 million Americans have been ordered to stay indoors and avoid large gatherings in many states.
Infection rates have soared in New York, California, and Washington state, prompting Trump to declare the three states "disaster" zones.
As of Sunday, March 22, over 33,276 people are infected with the virus that first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
The US is now the third worst affected country in the world, surpassed only by China and hard-hit Italy.
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