California Frees 8 Thousand Prisoners Again, Corona, Whereas Previously 10 Thousand Prisoners Have Been Freed

News24xx.com - California authorities, the United States will again release thousands of prisoners to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus in crowded prisons. This time, as many as 8 thousand prisoners will be released.

California Department of Recovery and Rehabilitation said as reported by the AFP news agency on Saturday (11 July 2020), the prisoners could be eligible for initial release at the end of August. They will join the 10,000 prisoners who have been released earlier in similar initiatives since the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis.

"This action was taken to provide the health and safety of imprisoned populations and staff," the department's secretary Ralph Diaz said in a statement on Friday (10 July) local time.

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California is one of the US states most affected by the Corona pandemic. The announcement was made following a surge in the COVID-19 case in one of California's oldest prisons, San Quentin.

The number of Corona cases at the San Quentin prison facility this week reached half of the active Corona cases in prisons throughout the state, which has a total prison population of around 113,000 prisoners.