{"id":89017,"date":"2020-04-24T20:40:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T02:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/138-inmates-at-prison-in-northeast-colorado-test-positive-for-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:35:27","slug":"138-inmates-at-prison-in-northeast-colorado-test-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/138-inmates-at-prison-in-northeast-colorado-test-positive-for-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"138 inmates at prison in northeast Colorado test positive for coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=07bce24c-ba38-4d2b-98af-633e9760588a&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1250\" height=\"710\" alt=\"\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>A large outbreak of the new coronavirus has been reported at a<\/p>\n<p>At least 138 inmates at the Sterling Correctional Facility, out of 255 test results that have been returned, tested positive for the virus. Tests of a dozen more inmates returned inconclusive results. The outbreak reported Friday is the largest to date in a prison or jail in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>The Sterling prison houses more than 2,400 inmates. About 475 symptomatic and asymptomatic inmates were tested. The rest of the results have not been returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the insidious nature of this virus we had suspected that despite seeing a relatively low number of inmates with symptoms, the number of positives was potentially much higher,\u201d Colorado Department of Corrections Executive Director Dean Williams said in a written statement. \u201cThat is exactly why we conducted this large scale testing, so that we can continue to isolate, monitor and treat any inmates who were positive and try to mitigate the spread to others inside the facility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week the state reported that a handful of <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2020\/04\/24\/sterling-correctional-facility-coronavirus-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inmates at the prison <\/a>had tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The facility has been on modified operations since April 14, meaning inmates are only allowed to leave their cells for limited periods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe facility has continued to undergo extensive cleaning multiple times a day and staff and inmates are all required to wear face coverings in the facility at all times,\u201d the CDOC said in a news release. \u201cAll of the inmates on the east side of the facility are having temperature checks done twice daily as an additional screening measure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other jails and prisons in Colorado have seen outbreaks of coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Colorado Sun is a reader-supported, journalist-owned news outlet exploring issues of statewide interest. Sign up for a newsletter and read more at coloradosun.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facility houses more than 2,400 inmates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[120,685,28],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-89017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-colorado","tag-coronavirus-covid-19","tag-headlines"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89018,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89017\/revisions\/89018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89017"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=89017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}