Judge orders Snow Hill detainees’ release amid COVID-19

May 8, 2020 Leave a comment

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image)

A federal judge Thursday ordered the release of two Worcester County Detention Center detainees after discovering a third detainee had exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 virus, information the jurist said was known but not disclosed to the court by either jail ...

Tagged with: cruel and unusual punishment due process ice maryland courts covid-19 Worcester County Detention Center

Maryland Daily Record Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news

Tag Archives: Worcester County Detention Center

Judge orders Snow Hill detainees’ release amid COVID-19