L.A. County inmates infected themselves with coronavirus in apparent ploy to get released

Inmates at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic apparently infected themselves on purpose with COVID-19 in an attempt to get early releases, the Los Angeles County’s sheriff said on Monday.
About two dozen inmates living in one module at the jail gathered in a common area and passed around a cup of hot water and a used face mask between each other in mid-April, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.
It’s unclear if one of the men thought he had the virus, or if the inmates were just hopin