A 38-year-old inmate at Marion County Jail has died after alleged assault by another inmate, authorities said Sunday.

After a stretch of slow growth, some Indiana prisons have experienced a surge in new coronavirus infections.

According to internal documents, Indiana broke with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidance for prisons, which says that staff should self-quarantine for 14 days after close contact with an infected person.

Inconsistent delivery of diabetes medications was commonly reported, and prisoners say the pandemic has strained an already strapped health care system in the state prisons.

Prisoner accounts contradict a statement the Indiana Department of Correction released after 73-year-old inmate Scottie Edwards' death, and raise questions about the care inmates receive for COVID-19.

Roughly 100 cars circled the Westville Correctional Facility Tuesday in protest of what the drivers say are dangerous health conditions regarding COVID-19 within the prison.

The number of Indiana prisoners who tested positive has jumped from 34 to 116, state officials said. But even as the governor expressed confidence that Indiana would avoid a major outbreak, prisoners and their relatives said more safeguards are needed.