Cafeteria worker Rebecca Menger distributes free lunches to schoolchildren outside Connolly Middle School, Monday, March 16, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. With schools closed through March 27th in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus, many schools are providing curbside breakfast and lunch for their students. (AP Photo/Matt York)
March 16, 2020
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March 16, 2020 10:10 p.m.
Inmates: Arizona lacks adequate coronavirus plan in prisons
PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys representing the 34,000 inmates in Arizona’s prisons asked a judge Monday to order the state to develop an adequate plan for confronting the new coronavirus behind bars, arguing housing conditions and the state’s lack of preparation put the lives of older prisoners with chronic illnesses at risk.