Near Toulouse. Covid-19 cluster at the Seysses remand center: nearly 30 cases already detected
Through Thibaut Calatayud
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After a first cluster in October 2020, the virus is once again circulating absorbed at the Seysses remand center, near Toulouse. Since last week, several cases of Covid-19 have been detected: at least about fifteen in the inmates and a dozen on the staff side, or nearly thirty positive cases.
Screening Massif
Faced with this situation, an important screening campaign is launched. According to our information, all the detainees will be tested, which represents between 1,300 and 1,400 people.
This is also the case for new arrivals (around ten per day) and prison staff. The number of positive tests could therefore rise in the coming days.
Solicited by Toulouse news to take stock, the interregional directorate of the Toulouse prison services was not able to communicate, Wednesday, December 22, 2021.
“We do the maximum with what we have”
“It doesn’t change much for us or for the criminal population. We are already in very limited activities, we wear the mask… We try to do the maximum with the little we have ”, confides Thomas , a supervisor atToulouse news
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During this holiday season, the salons remain insured. The walking tours are split up. “We try to distribute the population as best we can, even if we are in penal overcrowding with, most of the time, three prisoners per cell. We try to avoid as much contact between them as possible. The same goes for the staff, ”adds this supervisor.
Note that no cases have been reported in isolation.
Prisoners can get vaccinated
Behind bars, inmates can be vaccinated against Covid-19. “There is a vaccination campaign. It is not compulsory but generally they are vaccinated ”, specifies Thomas.
As regards prison staff, vaccination is compulsory only for people working in the medical sectors.
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