Staff Member Infected with COVID-19 at RMC

We're taking a closer look at the concerns that case is raising

Efforts./// a staff member at the federal medical center in rochester has tested positive for the coronavirus.

The federal bureau of prisons says it's been monitoring the spread of the virus at all of its facilities... including in rochester.

One resident?

Julie tackett?

Has a family member who is incarcerated and is mentally ill.

She wants to raise awareness for the safety and health of "you cannot get around the fact that prisons are packed places.

I'm particularly concerned about fmc because this is a hospital prison.

The men in that prison are in the hospital, they are elderly, they are in hospice, we have a memory care unit."

The bureau of prisons says it began coordinating its