Timothy Williams

They were anchors of a faith community that had changed over the years but persisted as a source of devotion, camaraderie and memory.

Some deaths were not counted as part of prison virus tallies because hospitalized inmates were officially released from custody before they died.

Some deaths were not counted as part of prison virus tallies because hospitalized inmates were officially released from custody before they died.

Among the thousands who have died in prisons and jails from the coronavirus were dozens of people approved for parole or not convicted of a charge for which they were arrested.

The state prison system is the only one in the nation where no one has died of Covid-19. But the strict lockdowns and quarantines that slowed the virus created their own problems.

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Since March 2020, New York Times reporters have tracked every known coronavirus case in every correctional setting in the nation. More than 2,700 inmates have died.

Mississippi officials are proud their prisons have some of the country’s lowest infection rates, but they’re not testing inmates without coronavirus symptoms.

States and counties are finding it hard to keep jails and prisons open as the virus ravages both prisoners and staff members. But transferring inmates can spur new outbreaks.

By different metrics, all sorts of locations in the United States are deeply troubling, from Minot, N.D., to New York City.