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Inmates at Bolivia Prison Stage Uprising Over Lack of Medical Services Amid
Suspected Coronavirus Deaths

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   Inmates at a prison incentralBoliviastaged a rooftop protest Monday,
   demanding medical services after the deaths of three inmates, including
   one suspected of having the novel coronavirus.

   Inmates held up banners calling attention to their plight, including
   one banner that read, "We want COVID-19 tests."

   A relative of one of the inmates complained that there are no doctors
   and no medicine. She said the inmates are dying inside the facility.
   She implored that authorities cannot let them die, that we are all
   human beings and wecannotallow the authorities to do this.

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