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Tallahassee, FL -- In the last week incarcerated people have begun to test positive for COVID-19 in Florida鈥檚 jails and prisons. The听听has been on Broward County, with one听claiming the Broward County Jail was a 鈥渢icking time bomb.鈥�

But the threat is statewide. Earlier this week it was听that four incarcerated people had tested positive at Blackwater River Correctional Facility in Northwest Florida. Multiple corrections employees have also tested听 positive at facilities throughout the state.

Members of the Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform have previously听called听on Florida officials to ensure that the health and safety of people in jails,听 prisons and immigrant detention centers in the Deep South are being protected from the virus, and release those people most at risk of suffering serious complications or death. The coalition is now calling for every effort to be made to get people out of jails and prisons as quickly as possible.

The following is a statement from听Carrie Boyd, policy counsel for 人兽性交 Action:

鈥淲e aren鈥檛 letting people out of jails and prisons, and it does not appear we are actively testing prisoners to determine who has COVID-19, although it鈥檚 tough to say for sure since the Florida Department of Corrections hasn鈥檛 shared what it鈥檚 doing. The best answer to public health and humanitarian concerns is to get people out. Incarcerated people are highly vulnerable to outbreaks of contagious illnesses such as COVID-19. They are housed in close quarters and can鈥檛 practice social distancing.鈥�

The following is a statement from听Micah W. Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Florida:

鈥淕overnor Ron DeSantis has the power to commute prison sentences, and he鈥檚 not doing it. There are roughly 96,000 people in Florida prisons right now, many of which shouldn鈥檛 be there in the first place. To avoid a major coronavirus outbreak, we need to safely reduce the prison and jail populations. Is it too much to ask to release those who do not pose a danger to society and are most vulnerable to COVID-19 - particularly the elderly and immuno-compromised? We need to act before it鈥檚 too late. Incarcerated individuals can鈥檛 socially distance and we don鈥檛 want people dying in prison due to inaction.鈥�

The following is a statement from听Denise Rock, executive director of Florida Cares Charity Corp., dedicated to improving the lives of the incarcerated:

鈥淭he men and women incarcerated in Florida know they鈥檙e in danger of a COVID-19 outbreak.听 Corrections employees know it too.听 It is not hard to imagine a situation where a serious infection sweeps through the prison system putting the lives of thousands of incarcerated people and FDC employees in danger.听 The Florida Department of Corrections won鈥檛 have enough healthy people to maintain order.听 This is a disaster waiting to happen unless the Governor is proactive. If he gets people out now, we can avoid the worst-case scenario.鈥�

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For a full list of organizations involved in the Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform, go to听.