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D.C. Witness Staff
- April 28, 2020
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The DC Department of Corrections announced April 28 that four more inmates tested positive for the coronavirus.
All of the inmates are male. One inmate is 27 years old and another inmate in 32 years old. There are two inmates who are 54 years old. All inmates have been placed in isolation.
All of the inmates were housed in the Central Detention Facility.
A total of 45 inmates are in isolation with 85 inmates returning to general population after recovering from their illnesses. The number of inmates, who are in isolation, have decreased by seven since April 26.
The DC Jail has also sent six inmates to the hospital for observation and treatment.
According to a press release, 192 inmates who are housed at the Correctional Treatment Facility have been released from quarantine. The inmates are back in the general population.
According to the jail’s policy, in order for an inmate to be released to the general population, that inmate must be free from fever for at least 72 hours with using fever-reducing medication; show improvements in other, symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath; and a period of at least seven days needs to pass since the symptoms first appeared.