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Kodi Doerr goes to work sanitizing all surfaces at Yuma Catholic High School in Yuma, Ariz., early Monday morning, March 16, 2020. It was the first day all schools in Arizona were ordered closed for two weeks by Gov. Doug Ducey. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP)

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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.