Fears of more COVID-19 spread as thousands of L.A. County inmates await transfer to state prisons

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Fears of more COVID-19 spread as thousands of L.A. County inmates await transfer to state prisons

The number of inmates in Los Angeles County's jails is climbing and officials are worried overcrowding is leading to more dangerous conditions just as a wave of new coronavirus cases sweeps the region. Sheriff's Department officials said Wednesday that state prisons stopped accepting new transfers of inmates from county jails on Nov. 26 as they […]

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