Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware Joins Justice for Prisoners Rally to Demand Governor Carney Protect Prisoners after Nine Inmate Deaths Due to Covid-19

Protestor numbers continue growing following first rally as Delaware becomes the State with second-most prisoner deaths from COVID-19

DOVER, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, nearly 100 protestors will gather outside Governor John Carney’s Dover office condemning his slow, neglectful response to COVID-19 in Delaware’s prisoners. On Wednesday, the ninth person died in Delaware’s prison system, making Delaware the second worst state behind New Jersey for inmate deaths per capita.

The Sussex County Correctional institution (SCI) has had more than 350 prisoners test positive for COVID-19 after the Governor denied facemasks to the prisoners well after the State’s mandate for Delaware residents. Governor Carney and the DOC also denied a donation of 5,000 medical masks from Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware. After seeing the death toll rise and hearing firsthand complaints from prisoners in Delaware’s system, Justice for Prisoners held its first rally calling on the DOC to correct their poor treatment of inmates. The group gathered with nearly 50 people, calling on Claire DeMatteis to address inhumane treatment of prisoners. The group’s demands were ignored, and Justice for Prisoners will protest again, demanding a response from Governor Carney.