Data released this week by the Federal Bureau of Prisons shows that more than a third of the inmates who have tested positive for COVID-19 are located in one Southern California prison.
reached out to officials at the BOP's Western Division and San Pedro facility regarding the number of inmates at Terminal Island who have been tested so far, but did not receive a response in time for publication.
According to guidelines listed on the BOP's website, testing among federal inmates who display symptoms is coordinated with local health authorities. Those who do not have symptoms but are at higher risk for developing complications if they contract the virus are to be quarantined, the protocols said.
Despite official guidelines on sanitizing shared areas and attempts to quarantine those identified as at greater risk, concern has been widespread as outbreaks continue popping up at federal and state prisons. At one state prison in Arkansas, the Department of Health said inmate cases made up about a third of the state's case count in mid-April, with notable surges in asymptomatic cases reported among inmates.
Though other federal prisons have also reported high numbers of COVID-19 cases, Terminal Island has nearly double the numbers of others. The BOP facility with the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases, the Fort Worth Federal Medical Center in Texas, has just over half that of Terminal Island—with 298 cases reported as of Thursday morning.
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