Iran has done it in response to the current crisis and several US states have considered a similar measure. I imagine prisons are so tightly locked down that they would be last place an airborne disease would enter and prisoners would be safer to stay put unless they were due to be released anyway.
Also, are prisoners in these scenarios being let out on the streets with tags or being put under house arrest in quarantine? Because surely the first one would be much worse if their health was the concern.
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Prisons are not really locked down, especially for an invisible invader.
Some prisoners, sure, but all support staff comes and goes. Deliveries still need to be made. Food is still prepared. They have their own emergency wards with nurses and doctors that come and go.
While there is less chance of any random person in a prison getting any virus, once one person gets it, it has a much higher rate of spread because everyone is so close together.
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