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JAIL INMATES SUE COUNTY FOLLOWING OUTBREAK: Fifteen current and former detainees of the Multnomah County Inverness Jail, all of whom say they ve tested positive for COVID-19, filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court on April 5, accusing jail staff and Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese of negligence for failing to mitigate spread of the virus. The lawsuit follows an outbreak that led to nearly 200 positive cases among Inverness Jail inmates, and about 30 staffers or members of their households. The reason for the outbreak is not a mystery, the complaint says. Defendants failure to require, or enforce, social distancing, [personal
15 inmates who contracted COVID-19 at Inverness Jail sue Multnomah County and sheriff
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The suit alleges the jail failed to provide adequate soap, sanitizers or protective masks to inmates, quarantine infected inmates or screen staff or inmates for symptoms.(The Oregonian/OregonLive/File)LC-
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Fifteen inmates who contracted COVID-19 while at Multnomah County’s Inverness Jail are suing the county and Sheriff Mike Reese, alleging they were negligent by not taking proper safety precautions, denying testing and mixing infected inmates and guards with those who were healthy in jail dorms.
The county’s response to the coronavirus pandemic was “woefully inadequate,” the suit alleges, noting that 38% of adults in custody in the Northeast Portland jail tested positive by Feb. 17. The jail houses about 5,126 inmates.
15 inmates who contracted COVID-19 at Inverness Jail sue
April 6, 2021
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Fifteen inmates who contracted COVID-19 while at Multnomah County’s Inverness Jail are suing the county and Sheriff Mike Reese.
The inmates say the county and sheriff were negligent by not taking proper safety precautions, denying testing and mixing infected inmates and guards with those who were healthy in jail dorms, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
The county’s response to the coronavirus pandemic was “woefully inadequate,” the suit alleges, noting that 38% of adults in custody in the Northeast Portland jail tested positive by Feb. 17. The jail houses about 5,126 inmates.
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In the middle of an outbreak affecting one in five inmates, some took over a dorm for three hours, injuring two deputies.
Inmates at Multnomah County s Inverness Jail in Northeast Portland took over Dorm 11 for nearly three hours early Monday night, Feb. 8, even as authorities are fighting an outbreak that has resulted in one-fifth of the occupants of the 512-bed facility testing positive for COVID-19.
The confrontation, which inmates called a protest and deputies dubbed a riot, reportedly began shortly before midnight, Sunday night, Feb. 7 running past 2:30 a.m., Monday morning as inmates threw furniture at deputies. At least one inmate engaged in a struggle with deputies as the inmates took control of the dorm, a medical unit housing approximately 60 inmates.