Coronavirus Spreads in Chinese Prisons; Guards Required to Stay Silent

A prison guard stands in a courtyard inside the No.1 Detention Center in Beijing on Oct. 25, 2012. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

More prisons in China are reporting coronavirus (COVID-19) infections among inmates and prison staff, pointing to the severity of the outbreak.

Meanwhile, authorities within a city in Shandong Province have implemented strict measures to compel prison staff into keeping quiet about the outbreak within local prisons, according to internal government documents obtained by The Epoch Times.

Internal Document

The document was prepared on Feb. 16 by the Shizhong district police department, part of the Jining City public security bureau, about the quarantine of prison guards.