As the novel coronavirus ravages prisons around the country, more than 5,000 state and federal correctional officers have tested positive for the virus, data compiled by ABC News shows.
ABC News reached out for comment on the working conditions at MCC, but have not received a response.
Across the country, 38 corrections officers have died due to COVID-19, according to the One Voice Initiative.A sign at the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Cold Water, Mich., is seen in this 2016 photo.There has been some discrepancy, according to Fausey, as to whether or not a 39-year-old case manager at United States Penitentiary, Atlanta died due to COVID-19.
Fausey continued to say that officers are"human beings" and what's often shown in Hollywood movies isn't an accurate representation of what goes on inside institutions.
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