As death count grows, Louisiana prisons and jails grapple with coronavirus spread
By Matt Sledge and Lea Skene | Nola.com | April 25, 2020 A federal judge made his dismay plain this week after he surveyed the conditions inside a state prison in Washington Parish with at least 29 confirmed coronavirus cases. Nearly 80 prisoners were sleeping in bunks an arm’s length apart in the Rayburn Correctional…