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Federal court orders Texas prison system to provide hand sanitizer for some geriatric inmates during pandemic
Read full article: Federal court orders Texas prison system to provide hand sanitizer for some geriatric inmates during pandemicA federal judge ordered the Texas prison system on Tuesday to provide more protective measures against the coronavirus, like hand sanitizer for wheelchair-bound prisoners, at a prison for geriatric inmates. Texas has had more inmate deaths related to the coronavirus than any other prison system in the nation. Its death toll of at least 162 inmates outranks every other state as well as the federal prison system. More than 20 Texas prison employees have also died with the virus. The trial included testimony from several inmates, TDCJ officials and experts on health and prison conditions.