Snake River Correctional Institution outside Ontario. (FILE/The Enterprise)
ONTARIO—The coronavirus continues to spread through the Snake River Correctional Institution, with the number of inmates infected almost doubling in the past 30 days.
The prison remains a major source of Covid cases in Malheur County and has one of the highest infection rates among Oregon’s 14 prisons.
As of Sept. 24, the Oregon Department of Corrections reported a total of 394 inmate cases since the first one was detected in the Ontario prison in July. Four inmates have died. The department also reported a total of 139 employees at the prison have tested positive.
“We don’t have a specific reason to link the cases from this last month,” said Amber Campbell, Snake River spokesperson.
Among Oregon prisons, Snake River's . . .
