COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Social distancing restrictions at the Air Force Academy have been relaxed after it reported two cadet suicides in less than a week following attempts to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Emails obtained from the academy show the Colorado Springs base had received complaints about how the policies made the school prison-like for about 1,000 seniors who remained on the campus, the Gazette reported .

The Air Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein met with leaders and cadets at the academy Monday following the reported suicides last week.