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Chickenpox concerns put pox on fed detention center
Visitation halted for some inmates as officials try to corral chickenpox
By Dane Schiller
June 8, 2016 Updated: June 8, 2016 8:10pm
Federal authorities are accustomed to riding herd over gang members and other threats to society, but Wednesday they aimed to keep the highly contagious chickenpox virus caged inside the walls of their downtown lockup.
Notices that some visits with inmates had been canceled were taped to the front doors of the Federal Detention Center, which holds about 900 inmates and is located a few blocks from Minute Maid Park.
"Visitation for Unit 5 East and east side of Special Housing are temporarily closed until further notice," the notices state.
A more detailed posting on a wall inside the lobby advised visitors that the chickenpox, formally known as varicella zoster virus., posed a "slight risk" of exposure to them. Prison officials confirmed that one inmate has been diagnosed with chickenpox and 14 others have also been banned from having visitors or making court appearances until June 23...
Chickenpox concerns put pox on fed detention center
Visitation halted for some inmates as officials try to corral chickenpox
By Dane Schiller
June 8, 2016 Updated: June 8, 2016 8:10pm
Federal authorities are accustomed to riding herd over gang members and other threats to society, but Wednesday they aimed to keep the highly contagious chickenpox virus caged inside the walls of their downtown lockup.
Notices that some visits with inmates had been canceled were taped to the front doors of the Federal Detention Center, which holds about 900 inmates and is located a few blocks from Minute Maid Park.
"Visitation for Unit 5 East and east side of Special Housing are temporarily closed until further notice," the notices state.
A more detailed posting on a wall inside the lobby advised visitors that the chickenpox, formally known as varicella zoster virus., posed a "slight risk" of exposure to them. Prison officials confirmed that one inmate has been diagnosed with chickenpox and 14 others have also been banned from having visitors or making court appearances until June 23...