1,000 Detainees Just Got Sent To A Prison That Staffers Consider Unsafe Disease outbreaks and a lack of medical personnel await those imprisoned in Victorville, California.

Former and current employees at a federal prison in California that began receiving a group of 1,000 immigration detainees on June 8 are warning that poor medical conditions in the prison in the Mojave Desert complex will endanger detainees, as well as the inmates and staff who are already at risk.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees arrive at a federal prison in Victorville, California, on June 8.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees arrive
 at a federal prison in Victorville, California, on June 8
Staff members at Federal Correctional Complex, Victorville, who spoke to HuffPost allege that initial medical screenings of the detainees were rushed and that comprehensive checkups for all the detainees will not be completed within the two-week period that’s standard procedure. They say so far this has resulted in an outbreak of scabies and a case of chicken pox among the detainees, as well as the potential for more widespread infectious disease. more

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