The Charlotte Observer reported this week that a majority of the inmates at Neuse Correctional Institution in Goldsboro and at least eight staff members at the facility have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. With more than 450 inmates testing positive, the Observer report says that the outbreak at Neuse is among the largest of any prison in the nation. Keep reading for more on this story and other news. Johnston Correctional Closed. To help address the situation at Neuse, state prison officials announced Monday that Johnston Correctional Institution in Smithfield is being closed temporarily so that the staff can be deployed to Neuse. In addition to the supplemental staff, Neuse also took delivery of a truckload of personal protective equipment on Saturday and “large-scale disinfectant-dispersal units” are being used to clean the prison. Inmates previously housed at Johnston have been transferred to Southern Correctional Institution in Troy and the Burke Confinement in Response to Violation Center in Morganton. State Custody Death. As Carolina Public Press reports, this week a man who was incarcerated at Pender Correctional Institution died in a hospital due to complications from COVID-19, becoming the first person in the state prison system to succumb to the virus. The Public Press report, published yesterday, says that nearly 500 people in state custody have tested positive for the virus. The man who died had underlying health conditions, a situation that is relatively common among incarcerated people according to a UNC School of Medicine public health researcher interviewed in the [...]
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