As El Paso has suffered one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the country, local jails and immigrant detention facilities have also struggled to control the spread of the virus among prisoners, detainees and staff. ...
El Paso County’s two jails are experiencing another wave of COVID-19 cases, with 30 inmates and five detention officers having current active cases as of Wednesday, state records show. The jails had reported nine active ...
Mass testing at El Paso County jails has revealed 174 COVID-19 cases among inmates, Sheriff Richard Wiles said Monday. The sheriff said 155 inmates at the Downtown jail have tested positive, along with 19 at ...
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