PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge has approved a consent order requiring better access to soap, face masks and cleaning supplies to settle a portion of a lawsuit brought against Philadelphia seeking better coronavirus protections and improvements of other conditions for prisoners in the city's jails.The consent order comes as the city announced it had completed about two weeks of testing all of the more than 3,800 asymptomatic prisoners housed in its jails for coronavirus, and finding 223 positive cases.
The city said the jails will move into their own yellow phase in the coming weeks as a result — meaning lockdown conditions will be eased and prisoners will start to be allowed to leave their cells for more activities.The consent decree.