An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a women’s work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex has worsened to 18 confirmed cases as health and prison officials search for the source of the contamination, dramatically escalating the Sumter County prison’s public health crisis.
The outbreak at the prison, beset by sexual assault allegations, dwarfs past Legionnaires’ disease cases at Federal Bureau of Prison facilities, which last had one confirmed case in May 2019, officials said.