Six More Correctional Workers Positive For COVID-19 At Century Prison

July 18, 2020

UPDATE: A 12th staff member case was reported Saturday at CCI. The numbers in the story below have been updated to reflect this.

Six additional staff members at Century Correctional Institution have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 in the past week for a total of 12.

One new correctional worker case was reported Saturday, along with four Friday and one a few days prior. One week ago, there were just six.

Nine inmates have been tested since the start of the pandemic, and all have tested negative, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. One inmate was in quarantine Friday, down from 136 on Thursday.

There have been no inmate deaths related to coronavirus at CCI.

The FDC  reported 3,520 inmates and 1,009 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 statewide. There have been 32 inmate deaths.

At Blackwater Correctional Facility in Milton, which is operated  by the GEO Group, a total of 101 inmates and 17 staffers have tested positive. Another 1,825 inmates were negative.

Comments

3 Responses to “Six More Correctional Workers Positive For COVID-19 At Century Prison”

  1. Blue on July 18th, 2020 4:54 pm

    They got it from the church and the store.

  2. Marion Sims on July 18th, 2020 4:05 pm

    The facility is contained. The virus must be coming in from outside staff members.

  3. sam on July 18th, 2020 8:02 am

    and they take it home and to the store and church.

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