SCABIES OUTBREAK REPORTED AT WOMEN’S DETENTION CENTER NEAR NASHVILLE

Inmates at a women’s detention center in Antioch are being treated after a scabies outbreak. It happened at the CoreCivic Facility, and multiple sources confirmed the outbreak has led to inmates being unable to go to criminal court. Brian Todd with the Metro Public Health Department said its physicians became involved May 17 and around 20 women have the scabies like rash. According to Todd, a total of 320 people will be treated as a precaution. According to Davidson County Judge Steve Dozier, at least one attorney who was meeting with her client at the facility has contracted scabies. Due to that attorney’s condition, the judge said a murder trial, which was supposed to begin on Monday, has been delayed by a month. The Centers for Disease Control, says scabies is caused by an infestation on the skin of the human itch mite. The mite burrows into the upper layer of skin where it lives and lays eggs, causing intense itching and a pimple-like rash. The scabies mite usually is spread by direct, prolonged, skin-to-skin contact with a person who has scabies.



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