Federal inmates in Connecticut have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit that says prison officials didn’t do enough to protect them from COVID-19.
Four inmates at Danbury Correctional Institution filed the lawsuit in April. They said prison officials didn’t take a directive seriously that ordered them to send prisoners home when possible.
At least 89 inmates at the prison have recovered from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. And one inmate has died — out of 101 in all federal prisons.
The settlement calls for the Bureau of Prisons to promptly identify inmates who are medically vulnerable and release them to home confinement.