Politics & Government
Federal Correctional Institution Englewood Employees Concerned About COVID Risk
Workers said lack of testing and limited isolation of inmates with symptoms "have made this place even more dangerous than normal."
By Rick Sallinger, CBS Denver:
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– Behind the walls at the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood there are dangerous criminals and a dangerous virus. Those who work there say they are at risk of entering each day without any COVID-19 screening.
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James Simmerman, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 709 says, “Our members, their families, they are worried about bringing it into their houses, into the communities, into the schools.”
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