Employee tests positive for COVID-19 at Monroe prison
MONROE — Two units of inmates at Monroe Correctional Complex are being quarantined after a worker tested positive for COVID-19, the state Department of Corrections said Friday.
The employee who works in the Washington State Reformatory was last on duty March 8 and is isolated at home. Workers considered to be in close contact with the employee are asked to self-quarantine at home until a suggested 14-day quarantine period ends.
Inmates on the A and B units, where the employee worked, are facing additional restrictions on their movements. The affected units are being deep-cleaned, and extra cleaning supplies were given to those incarcerated.
“We are taking precautions to protect those individuals who may have been in close contact with this employee as well as all of the incarcerated individuals who were exposed to them during their daily work,” Department of Corrections Secretary Steve Sinclair said in a news release.
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I work in a state prison. I was sick ever since I came back from Italy back in January and I am finally getting rid of the dry cough . I was treated for walking pneumonia because the Dr. was not sure what the heck was wrong with me . I am seriously considering taking two weeks off. 