New York City is considering releasing 200 more inmates from its prisons to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
The Department of Corrections reported 17 employees and 29 inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus as of Sunday. The city has already released 63 inmates to keep the number of those vulnerable to infection from growing.
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