Harris pushes for release of low-risk federal prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak
Posted on AllSides March 19th, 2020
From The Center
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on Thursday asked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to release low-risk prisoners amid reports that California jail inmates have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
In a Thursday letter to BOP Director Michael Carvajal, Harris noted a March 13 Mercury News report that two Santa Clara inmates had been quarantined, as had others who were in contact with them.
“On March 19, the chief physician of Rikers Island called on state and local judges and prosecutors to reduce the incarcerated population wherever possible, explaining that...