As 67 Inmates File $400 Million Lawsuit Against Governor Carney for Mishandling the COVID-19 Pandemic, Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware Condemns Governor Carney...

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, following news that a group of 67 men incarcerated at the Sussex Correctional Institution have filed a federal class action suit against the State of Delaware for failing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the State’s correctional facilities, Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware (CPBD) doubled down on its condemnation of Governor Carney and the State Department of Correction (DOC) mismanagement of the situation – including their failure to proactively provide adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) to inmates.

The class action suit, which demands $400 million in relief for the cruel and unusual punishment the 67 inmates endured, asserts that Governor John Carney should have put safeguards in place to protect Delaware’s prison population. The suit also claims his unwillingness to do so ultimately led to the deaths of 12 inmates and one third of the Sussex Correctional institution testing positive for the virus.