Tracking COVID cases in juvenile facilities in incarceration nation
I was pleased to hear this morning from Josh Rovner at The Sentencing Project who reported that TSP is working on a webpage to track the incidence of the coronavirus in juvenile facilities. As that site is being constructed, Josh has be posting information daily on the ever-growing number of COVID cases on his twitter page:
Tracking Youth (as of April 9: “At minimum, 46 YOUTHS in juvenile facilities have tested positive for #COVID19, a three-person increase from yesterday. There are cases in 11 states.”)
Tracking Staff (as of April 9: “There have been 65 known #COVID19 cases among staff members working at #juvenilejustice facilities, ten more than yesterday (eight of these ten are in New York; the others are in Illinois and Nebraska). There are cases among facility staff in 23 states.)
AFTERNOON UPDATE: New data as of April 10: