Days after a seventh inmate at the Terminal Island federal prison died from a coronavirus-related illness, a U.S. congresswoman emerged from the San Pedro lockup saying detainees are desperate for protective equipment.
“I am very concerned about what I saw in there,” she said. “There is no physical distancing happening...what we are being asked to do isn’t happening in there.”
Barragan said the masks inmates are using are flimsy, and she saw inmates congregating together. Given the level of infection, they should be given more protective N95 masks, she said.But correctional union leaders at the prison said rigid masks such as the N95 contain metal that inmates could use to pick locks or make a weapon.About 15 prison staff members have been infected as well as the wife and child of a correctional officer, a union official said.
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