Governor Ducey, If the Projected Spike for Arizona Cases Of
Governor Ducey, If the projected spike for Arizona cases of Covid-19 is late April, and if that spike affects the Dept of Corrections at the same timeframe, the State has approximately two weeks to create and implement state-wide measures to proactively address the “tinderbox” risk inside state prisons. Under your leadership, Arizona can act in time, where other states have only been able to react, after the crisis has hit1. Because the Tucson federal courthouse is often the busiest in the nation, with over 125 people inside various courtrooms daily, your federal partners: Judges, USA, FPD, US Marshal, US Probation/Pre-Trial, and CJA District Representative, tackled this quandary on the early side of the crisis, with measurable success in our courts and detention facilities. We were inventing a new manual of operations, and thus we could assist the State in avoiding the delays we encountered, to save days or even precious hours in the lives of our DOC Corrections Officers and inmates. We can provide you a very experienced working group immediately to advise your team on the radical and innovative techniques, such as “co-horting,” implemented to create space, to guard against spread, and to protect the public and institutions. The Risk 1. Similar to other correctional settings with outbreaks, Arizona Corrections Officers will inevitably contract the virus, and staffing levels will plummet to dangerous levels, leading to dysfunction and prisoner unrest. The risk for riot and prison break is very real. 2. At current levels, prisoners cannot distance, and the virus will spread like wildfire.
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