OIG Report on Lompoc

OIG report on Lompoc–key findings:

At least 32 staff members had tested positive for COVID-19 as of early May and, by mid-July, 4 inmates had died and over 1,000 inmates had tested positive.
Preexisting shortages of medical staff members resulted in challenges for screening inmates and staff members for COVID-19 symptoms; and preexisting shortages of correctional staff members resulted in Lompoc officials delaying for 15 days the full implementation of staff movement restrictions required by BOP for institutions with active COVID-19 cases.
Lompoc’s initial COVID-19 screening process was not fully effective. We identified two staff members who came to work in late March after experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. Further, Lompoc staff did not seek to test or isolate an inmate who reported on March 22 that he began having COVID-19 like symptoms 2 days earlier. The inmate received a positive COVID-19 result on March 30.
The BOP’s use of home confinement in response to the spread of COVID-19 at FCC Lompoc in April was extremely limited. As of May 13, over 900 Lompoc inmates had contracted COVID-19 and we determined that only 8 inmates had been transferred to home confinement in accordance with BOP guidance.

NB: The same OIG wrote a report about FCC Tucson painting much rosier picture–something you should be aware of
https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/20-087_0.pdf