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Staff COVID-19 Cases Increase At Century Prison
July 7, 2020
The number of COVID-19 staff members at Century Correctional Institution has grown, but there are still no reported cases among inmates at the facility on Tedder Road.
There are now five positive correctional workers at Century CI, up from three in late June. Six inmates have been tested, and all have received negative results. Four inmates are being monitored in medical quarantine, but have not been tested, all according to a report from the Florida Department of Corrections. There have been no inmate deaths related to coronavirus at CCI.
Across the state, the FDC has reported 2,443 inmates and 622 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. There have been 25 inmate deaths, with the most recent coming over the weekend.
At Blackwater Correctional Facility in Milton, which is operated by the GEO Group, a total of 101 inmates and 16 staffers have tested positive. Another 1,824 inmates were negative.
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4 Responses to “Staff COVID-19 Cases Increase At Century Prison”
My loved one said that staff members for a fact have tested positive and still returned to work. Please be considerate to your peers as well as inmates. Everyone is a human being & shouldn’t be treated as less because someone is being selfish! Please recheck your staff!
ITS WRONG?? ESPECIALLY IN A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION ALL INMATES SHOULD BE TESTED INMATES SHOULD HAVE SAME RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE PUPLIC FOR CRYN OUT LOUD ITS A PANDEMIC EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSES INMATES BELONG TO SOMEONE WHO LOVE THEM REGARDLESS OF THE CHARGES INMATES ALREADY SUFFER ENOUGH WHILE INCARCERATED DONT WAIT UNTIL LAST MINUTE TO SAVE A LIFE
The inmates only receive the test if they are displaying symptoms. Even if an inmate says they have symptoms a test will not be done unless there’s a fever present. As for the staff if they call in sick they cannot return until they’ve been tested and cleared. None of the positive staff ever made it thru the gates. They are screened at the gates and if you have a fever or answer any of the CDC questions with a yes then you can’t enter until tested and cleared.
Why have not more tests on inmates? Only six have been tested??