SPECIAL EDITION - New York City has become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, with thousands of deaths and local hospitals overwhelmed. As the virus spread throughout the city, no battle has become quite as challenging as the one being waged inside city jails, where people are packed into close quarters and social distancing isn't always an option.

In a special edition of the podcast, NY1's Courtney Gross takes us behind bars on Rikers Island, where inmates, correction officers, and medical staff are all trying to reduce the spread of the virus.

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