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4 IL federal prisons among nation's 20 most infected with COVID-19 | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Illinois is tied with Texas for the most infected federal facilities By Chuck Goudie and Ross Weidner, Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, ABC7 ABC7 I-Team has zeroed in on federal prisons, where controlling the spread of the COVID19 virus has been a serious challenge. Illinois has been hit especially hard, with four federal prisons among the […]

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