Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are following up with Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal in seeking an explanation for the BOP response to the spread of COVID-19 at FCI Danbury. The letter follows a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where the Director didn't have specific information about Danbury.

As of June 5th, 98 inmates and 61 staff members at FCI Danbury have tested positive and one inmate has died.  The courts ordered inmates eligible to be released to home confinement be transferred, but have not been moved. 

The Senators say serving time or working inside a prison should not be a sentence to sickness or death.  They called for answers about whether the BOP is taking appropriate measures to protect inmates and correctional officers from COVID-19.