LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling for an expansion of COVID-19 testing within the U.S.
prison system after a new study suggested that correctional facilities that resisted mass coronavirus testing for inmates erred in their decision to only test inmates with symptoms, leading to large initial undercounts.According to the study released this week, out of 16 U.S.
prisons and jails across the country examined by the health agency, most of the institutions waited several days or weeks before the first identified case of COVID-19 and the beginning of mass inmate testing.Mass testing was expensive and ate up staff time, and rearranging living space for inmates based on the results wasn't always possible,.