Coronavirus: inmates at US jail trying to infect themselves to get released, sheriff says

Inmates in LA County jails are trying to infect themselves with the coronavirus, a video and evidence gathered inside the facilities show, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Monday morning.The inmates were captured on video drinking from a container contaminated by an inmate infected with Covid-19, then hiding it as part of a scheme to get released.“It is dismaying to realise anyone would intentionally infect themselves,” Villanueva told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.The scheme was captured on…

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