COVID-19 sweeps through incarcerated populations in Spokane and Airway Heights
W hile officials focused on the threat that Thanksgiving gatherings could add to already spiking COVID-19 cases, a huge Inland Northwest outbreak was already starting among people who aren't in control of their meals or gatherings: inmates. By the first week of December, it was clear that the virus had started spreading at Airway Heights Corrections Center, a prison run by the state Department of Corrections. Soon after, the Spokane County-run Geiger Corrections Center also had to create a quarantine unit for its own outbreak. Within days, the number of positive cases exploded. While ...
Source: inlander.com