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Over 70% of tested inmates in federal prisons have COVID-19

by Associated Press
| April 29, 2020 7:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Fleming never got to say goodbye to his father. He didn't know his dad was fading away on a ventilator, diagnosed with coronavirus at the federal prison where he was serving time for a drug charge.

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