Supreme Court Rejects Texas Inmates on Covid-19 Prevention (1)

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to reinstate a judge’s order that had required a Texas prison for elderly inmates to take more than a dozen specific steps to protect against the coronavirus outbreak.

The justices Thursday rejected calls by inmates Laddy Valentine, 69, and Richard King 73, who said the Wallace Pack Unit in southeastern Texas isn’t doing enough to protect them from possible infection.

The case marked the first time Supreme Court intervention had been sought in a dispute over the steps prisons must take to protect inmates from the coronavirus.

The court as a whole gave no explanation, ...