Giselle Berastegui, 9, works on math problems as she does her school work at home with her older brother due to the coronavirus pandemic forcing the closure of schools Monday, March 16, 2020, in Laveen, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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.