Privacy PolicyTerms of ServiceSign Up For Our Newsletters, Copyright © 2020, The San Diego Union-Tribune |. The facility holds Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees who are waiting for immigration court cases or their deportations as well as U.S. En Español », The Sheriff’s Department asks for your help to locate individuals wanted for committing local crimes. The site is normally restored within 30 minutes. We hear you. In a statement, the Bureau of Prisons said that while it “does not discuss a specific inmate's medical status or conditions of confinement,” its COVID-19 prevention plan is made up of “a comprehensive management approach that includes screening, testing, appropriate treatment, prevention, education, and infection control measures.”. Meanwhile some residents and business owners want more local say over those restrictions. Englert is requesting that both clients be released due to their conditions and the ongoing pandemic. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jon Montgomery explains our medical response to COVID-19. She also said detainees are not given gloves to use while cleaning, and that they have to use the same towels all day to clean the surfaces in their housing unit. "Staff are required to wear masks at all times, and they wear the required PPE based on the status of a pod," Gilchrist said. Stream now or tune in Wednesday, Nov 11, 2020 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2, 79th California Prison Inmate Dies Of COVID-19 Complications, Court Orders California To Cut San Quentin Inmates By Half, California Will Release Up To 8,000 Prisoners Due To Coronavirus, Honor Flight Reinvents The Veterans Day Parade, San Diego Gyms Prepare To Operate Outdoors Under Purple Tier, Meals On Wheels Honors WWII Veteran In Oceanside, US Hits Record COVID-19 Hospitalizations Amid Virus Surge, Live Blog: COVID-19 Testing Center Opens In Vista To Get Kids Back In School, San Diego County Will Enter Purple Tier Saturday As COVID-19 Cases Increase, San Diego County Moves Toward Dreaded 'Purple' Tier Of COVID-19 System, More Showers, High Winds Expected For San Diego County, Republican Wins Back US House Seat In Southern California, KPBS Financial • A Glimpse Into Our Policies (6/10/20) Though his unit had already been quarantined for several days, Wednesday was the first day he saw guards wearing protective jumpsuits when they came into it, Houser said. Lechman said the Bureau of Prisons could have taken several steps to keep detainees safe and the handling of another one of her clients could have been the start of the outbreak at MCC. I invite you to learn about the many services we provide, and hope you will join with us in making San Diego County the safest urban county in the nation.