'It's sad': Inmates at a Los Angeles County jail intentionally tried to infect themselves with COVID-19 by sharing water and a mask, and within two weeks 30 prisoners tested positive, sheriff says.
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The footage captured inmates in one unit sharing a container of hot water and others in a second unit sniffing a mask. None of the 30 inmates required critical care when they were sick, though some had moderate symptoms, Chase said. No prisoners within the county's jail system — the largest in the country — have died from the virus.
In Los Angeles County, the North County Correctional Facility didn't have a single COVID-19 case in mid-April. Days later, nine inmates were flagged as being potentially sick, Chase said. Within two weeks, 21 inmates in the water container case had COVID-19 and nine prisoners from the mask incident were sick, Chase said.
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