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Nearly 50-percent of Airway Heights Corrections Center inmates infected with COVID-19
December 10, 2020 7:29 PM Maher Kawash
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SPOKANE, Wash.– The Washington Department of Corrections’ biggest fear is now a reality as COVID-19 overtakes some jail systems.
The biggest outbreak among Washington’s prisons is right in Spokane County, at the Airway Heights Corrections Center.
As of Thursday, 779 inmates and 53 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, and that’s just 11 days after the first confirmed case, according to a spokesperson. There are 1,600 inmates in the prison.
4 News Now has learned some of the conditions those inmates are living through.
We obtained a memo sent to all inmates, which said the prison is not allowing access to phones, showers and other common use areas.