STUNNING: MA #Covid-19 Clusters in Prisons & Jails

Image courtesy of Prisoners’ Legal Services website

 

Per the New York Times July 1, a searchable table for clusters in Massachusetts and found 6 in the top 17 are in prisons and jails:

Massachusetts Correctional Institution-Shirley — Shirley, Mass. 193
Soldiers Home in Holyoke veterans center and hospital — Holyoke, Mass. 161
Massachusetts Treatment Center prison — Bridgewater, Mass. 149
Heritage Hall West Building nursing home — Agawam, Mass. 148
St. Patrick’s Manor retirement community — Framingham, Mass. 113
Biogen conference — Boston, Mass. 109
Massachusetts Correctional Institution- Framingham — Framingham, Mass. 99
Essex County Correctional Facility — Middleton, Mass. 92
Wingate nursing home — Chestnut Hill, Mass. 87
   
Wingate at Harwich nursing and rehab — Harwich, Mass. 83
Walmart store — Worcester, Mass. 81
Bristol County House of Correction and Jail — North Dartmouth, Mass. 75
Middlesex Jail & House of Correction — Billerica, Mass. 72
Blueberry Hill Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center — Beverly, Mass. 70
   
Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing — Northbridge, Mass. 63
Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing — Northborough, Mass. 62
Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing — Westborough, Mass. 60