More than 40% of staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 at one of the nation's largest immigrant holding facilities.
The 128 infected staff members represent nearly 41% of the detention center's 315-person workforce, according to data provided by CoreCivic to The Arizona Republic of the USA TODAY Network. CoreCivic is a private, for-profit prison company that owns and operates the Eloy Detention Center under contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Internal emails obtained by The Arizona Republic, however, showed that on June 22, more than two weeks ago, 270 detainees had tested positive for the coronavirus, dozens higher than data reported publicly by ICE."As of June 22, 2020 we have 101 positive Staff COVID-19 and 16, who have recovered and returned to work. We have 270 positive detainee COVID-19," Figueroa wrote in one email obtained by The Republic.
In the emails the warden outlines protocols for mitigating the spread of the coronavirus inside the facility, including wearing full personal protective equipment, face shields, ponchos, gloves and N95 face masks when entering pods with infected detainees. After his death, former correctional officer who quit because he felt unsafe working there and a correctional officer currently employed at the Eloy Detention Center said
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