Editing COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (U.S. state) (section)

====Prisons====
{{Main|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons}}
The [[Georgia Department of Corrections]] (DOC) suspended visitations and announced additional sanitation measures, but the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' reported that inmates had seen no extra soap.<ref name="covid-ga-doc-prisons">{{cite web |last1=Boone |first1=Christian |last2=Sharpe |first2=Joshua |title='No extra soap': Georgia inmates say prisons not ready for COVID-19 |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/inmates-say-state-federal-prisons-ill-prepared-for-covid/JPgQovDI7tvdY3Jmh6vwvK/ |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=March 21, 2020 |date=March 19, 2020 |archive-date=April 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409173036/https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/inmates-say-state-federal-prisons-ill-prepared-for-covid/JPgQovDI7tvdY3Jmh6vwvK/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A prison worker was confirmed to have COVID-19 on March 18 — the DOC, citing "security and [[HIPAA]] restrictions", declined to name the affected prison. The first detected case on COVID-19 in a prison inmate was at Lee State Prison two days later, on March 20.<ref name="prison-covid-positive-03-20">{{cite news |last1=Blau |first1=Max |last2=Sharpe |first2=Joshua |title=NEW FINDINGS: Georgia prison inmate tests positive for COVID-19 |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/breaking-georgia-prison-inmate-tests-positive-for-covid/2U3hE09fRS6WG9SMHOYZ7I/ |access-date=March 21, 2020 |date=March 20, 2020 |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527100021/https://www.ajc.com/news/local/breaking-georgia-prison-inmate-tests-positive-for-covid/2U3hE09fRS6WG9SMHOYZ7I/ |url-status=live }}</ref>