2,200 Quarantined Over Mumps Outbreak at Immigration Centers

2,200 Quarantined Over Mumps Outbreak at Immigration Centers
GEO Group's immigrant detention facility in Aurora, Colo. On April 15, 2017. AP Photo/David Zalubowski
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PHOENIX—Over 2,200 people exposed to the mumps virus in at least two immigration detention facilities have been quarantined, authorities said Tuesday, March 12.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say the 25-day quarantine began March 7 at facilities in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, and Aurora, Colorado.