Roosevelt County Detention Center Officer Tests Positive for COVID-19

PORTALES, NM – The Roosevelt County Detention Center announces one officer has tested positive for COVID-19. The officer was tested on June 9, 2020 and is quarantined at home. Currently there are no other positive tests confirmed by the Department of Health (DOH) at the facility. 

Comprehensive testing of inmates and staff had been implemented prior to this incident as 100 percent of RCDC staff and approximately 75 percent of detainees voluntarily tested on May 19^th and 20th, and all test results were negative.  RCDC in partnership with our onsite medical provider Wellpath have initiated testing of all detainees and staff today, June 12. There are currently 55 detainees at the facility, 29 security staff, as well as 11 additional support staff and contractors. Roosevelt General Hospital and DOH provided immediate access to test kits.

The County will provide additional details when they become available.