Immigration detainees in Victorville prison get more scabies, chicken pox; protesters to gather Saturday
By Roxana Kopetman | rkopetman@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: June 29, 2018 at 6:10 pm | UPDATED: June 29, 2018 at 11:42 pm
A federal penitentiary in Victorville that recently took in some 1,000 immigrant detainees has a second case of chicken pox and the number of people with a highly contagious skin disease has tripled in the past week, prison employees said Friday.
The prison has at least 38 cases of scabies among the new detainees, and staff continues to be concerned for their own safety and the safety of prisoners, said John Kostelnik, a union president who represents about 400 correctional officers and additional prison staff.
“It’s gotten out of hand,†Kostelnik said.
https://www.presstelegram.com/2018/06/29/immigration-inmates-in-victorville-get-more-scabies-chicken-pox-protesters-to-gather-saturday/