JAKARTA - In early January, the COVID-19 pandemic only spread around mainland China. However, over time, COVID-19 began to become a global pandemic that caused millions of people to panic for fear of contracting it. One of the panic is among the prisoners who are held in a prison in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I was so panicked, the prisoners staged a protest demanding release. They burned the mattresses and carried several parts of the prison to the roof, Friday, April 24.
Launching Reuters, this was done in order to demand that the owners of the policy take steps to release them. Prisoners fear COVID-19 infection could make the entire prison victim of the virus from Wuhan.
Based on the testimony of an eye witness, the protest was carried out by dozens of prisoners who had equipped themselves with chains, wood, and various other weapons. Not only that, the inmates also unfurled two banners.
One read, "We refuse to die in prison." Meanwhile, another read, "COVID-19 is in Devoto. Judge, silence is clearly not my language."
More complete information was also available from one of the local media in Argentina. In his report, the action started on Thursday night. The trigger is none other than because the inmates get a leak if a number of people who are in prison have contracted COVID-19.
Therefore, prisoners who did not want to be infected then staged a protest demanding release by burning mattresses and taking over two floors of the prison. On that basis, the police then gave several warning shots and flew a police helicopter over the prison to negotiate.
However, there was no official information regarding the number of people injured in the action. The thing is for sure, prisoners are now starting to intensify demands for release because of the considerable risk of contracting COVID-19. Moreover, the prison environment as a whole can accommodate 1,683 inmates.
Meanwhile, so far Argentina has confirmed 3,435 cases of COVID-19 transmission. Among them, there were 167 cases who died. In fact, Argentina since early March has imposed a lockdown or lockdown as an option to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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