A southwest Georgia immigration detention center has seen a surge in cases of employees with COVID-19.
The Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin is one of the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities. It’s run by a private contractor, CoreCivic.
Forty-two CoreCivic employees now have tested positive for the coronavirus. That’s nearly double the number of employee cases CoreCivic disclosed last week and about 10% of its total workforce at Stewart.
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