By Joseph Neff, The Marshall Project, May 15, 2020
The grainy photo shows a social distancing nightmare in a California halfway house: 11 men lining up for a meal in a crowded room, serving themselves cafeteria style despite the coronavirus pandemic. Only two men appear to be wearing masks, but not the elderly man in the wheelchair at the center of the image.
That photo, and others taken by residents, were filed as part of a federal lawsuit alleging that unsanitary and crowded conditions at Orion House in Van Nuys, near Los Angeles, pose a grave threat to residents, staff and the broader community.
An expert described the conditions as alarming when he reviewed the photographs: few masks, men huddled together, broken sinks and a backed up toilet.
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