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Several packages of lunch meat items remain on the shelves at a Walmart in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Inmates: Arizona lacks adequate coronavirus plan in prisons
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.