Watchdog finds flawed virus response at California prison

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department inspector general’s office says a federal prison in California struggled to contain the spread of the coronavirus because of staff shortages, limited use of home confinement and ineffective screening. The watchdog on Thursday released the first results of remote inspections of facilities across the country. The report found that staff members at the Bureau of Prisons facility in Lompoc, California came to work despite experiencing coronavirus symptoms, and that officials in March failed to test or isolate an inmate who began having symptoms and later tested positive.