Outbreak of COVID-19 in institutions of the Ponce Correctional Complex

The secretary of the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (DRC), Ana Escobar Pabón, decreed a closing (confinement) At the Ponce 1000 Adult Institution. That after that 3 correctional officers and 38 confined they threw positive at COVID -19.

Escobar reported, that he also ordered a pre-trial detention at the Ponce Maximum Institution as one of the infected officers participated in a search at that institution. The secretary said that like the previous occasions, the agency activated the current protocol and from today molecular tests are performed on all employees and the correctional population.

“It is important that preventive measures continue strictly to prevent further infections. I urge employees who have symptoms related to VOCID-19 to follow the established protocol and take preventive measures and conduct molecular testing to detect if it is positive or not “, assured Escobar Pabón.

As additional measures within the institution, total closure is maintained (confinement) So it will not be transferred confined from or to the institution. In turn, visits to relatives and scheduled activities in or out of institutions were canceled. The court hearings and the Low Word Freedom Board will be attended to virtually, as well as the scheduled medical services, the DCR secretary stressed.