UMATILLA â Brandon Baker was already feeling symptoms when officials at Two Rivers Correctional Institution carried out a sick inmate from two cells down.
Another inmate, four cells away, said he saw the same inmate lying on his bed ill for nearly two weeks, receiving little care.
âHe looked like death,â the inmate, who asked for anonymity out of fear of retaliation, said. âI walked by and told him, âGet better broâ and he didnât even move. Like, comatose on his bed.â
The sick inmate, who was between 50 and 60 years old and was serving his sentence at TRCI, reportedly died on Saturday, Jan. 2, after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a press release that did not identify him by name. Heâs one of two inmates who have recently died as the institution endures the largest surge in COVID-19 cases among prisons in Oregon, with 235 active cases as of Wednesday, Jan. 6, according to data from the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC)
2 die, nearly 400 inmates sickened after COVID-19 outbreak at Oregon prison
Updated Jan 09, 2021;
Posted Jan 09, 2021
Nearly 400 inmates at Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 since Dec. 10, 2020, according to data from the Department of Corrections. Since the beginning of December 2020, 50 prison staff have also tested positive. (Ben Lonergan/East Oregonian)
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By Bryce Dole, East Oregonian
UMATILLA Brandon Baker was already feeling symptoms when officials at Two Rivers Correctional Institution carried out a sick inmate from two cells down.
Another inmate, four cells away, said he saw the same inmate lying on his bed ill for nearly two weeks, receiving little care.