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NEW: A *second* staff member at the ICE Stewart Detention Center in Georgia has tested positive for COVID-19, a CoreCivic spokesperson confirmed.
Stewart is one of the biggest ICE detention centers in the U.S. Four Stewart detainees have died since 2017.
Stewart is one of the biggest ICE detention centers in the U.S. Four Stewart detainees have died since 2017.
Two days ago, @JeremyLRedmon reported a staff member at Stewart tested positive for COVID-19. Apparently 33 detainees were placed in quarantine at the facility, and nine staff are self-quarantining from home. https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/georgia-immigration-detention-employee-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/scDYEmROtOSowK2ULLPt5K/
Four Stewart detainees have died since 2017. I want to highlight Yulio Castro-Garrido's story, which may reveal the conditions at the facility and the ease of how an illness like COVID-19 can spread between detainees. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/ice-records-ill-migrant-continued-working-ice-custody-died
In 2018, 33-year-old Yulio was taken to Stewart. He died two months later of pneumonia, a lung infection and viral influenza, according to ICE records accessed by @ProjectSouth.
After reporting his illness to staff, he worked in the facility kitchen for food service duties under CoreCivic supervision, potentially transmitting his illness. He even worked in the kitchen *on the day* he was taken in an ambulance.
We don’t know yet how many people the second employee has been in touch with. CoreCivic statement here:
