More than 50 inmates and corrections personnel have actually contracted COVID-19 in Victoria given that the start of the pandemic.
Attorney-General Jill Hennessy has actually told a parliamentary inquiry 23 adult detainees and 6 staff have tested favorable.
” Two of the staff had not worked throughout the duration in which they were potentially infectious and all prisoners have actually been separated,” she told the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee’s COVID-19 Questions on Wednesday.
Another 19 juvenile inmates, 5 youths on neighborhood supervision orders and four prison personnel had actually also tested positive.
Just one staff member worked while potentially infectious and Ms Hennessy maintains there was no “prisoner-prisoner transmission” in the youth justice system.
Ms Hennesssy stated all new detainees are checked and required to invest 14 days in protective quarantine.
Personal in person sees to Victorian prisons have been suspended in order to lower the risk of transmission, while staff and expert visitors are screened and temperature examined prior to getting in a facility.
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