Majority of COVID-19 cases in Louisiana prisons that mass test are asymptomatic

Louisiana’s prison system this week began “mass testing” at a second state correctional facility. The results show two-thirds of inmates who contracted COVID-19 between two prison dorms the agency considers “hot spots” tested positive without showing symptoms. At the all-female prison dorms in St. Gabriel and Jetson, a total of 317 inmates tested positive, including 210 who were asymptomatic. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and…