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ICE Prisoners in Washington Tested for COVID-19 After Exposure from a Guard

HeadlineOct 05, 2020

In immigration news, in Washington state, dozens of prisoners at the Northwest ICE Processing Center were tested for COVID-19 Friday after a guard became infected. This is a prisoner at the ICE jail, who was recently tested for COVID-19.

ICE prisoner: “Now because we’re in quarantine and everything, now they’re watching out for us. But before that, COs were coming in without masks, without gloves.”

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