12/11/2025
𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳'𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿 said, “All incarcerated individuals and detainees entering the Broome County Correctional Facility are given a full health screening, which includes various tests, including testing for tuberculosis (TB). Those individuals are quarantined until test results come back, per state guidelines and facility policy. 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗕 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀.
𝗧𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗕 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳’𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. One incarcerated individual who began to show respiratory disease-like symptoms was transported to a local hospital earlier this week and is undergoing testing and treatment under the supervision of Broome County Health Department.
Out of an abundance of caution, the Broome County Correctional Facility has been working closely with the Broome County Health Department and following all established guidelines and precautions to safeguard the health and safety of our incarcerated population, our corrections officers and members of the public.
The Broome County Health Department reports no confirmed cases of tuberculosis as of today (December 11, 2025), and should that ever change, we defer to the Health Department in accordance with HIPAA law on releasing that information.
My thanks goes out to our community members for their patience as we take these precautions and to our Corrections Officers and medical staff for their unwavering dedication to the health and safety of all those living and working in the Correctional Facility.”
𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗼, 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, said, “Don’t panic, Respiratory illness exist within our community all year long. We encourage the community to wash your hands, stay home if sick or wear a mask if you have respiratory symptoms. Illnesses are currently in our community like flu, COVID-19, and RSV which spread easily. See your healthcare provider if you have any respiratory symptoms.
We work with our community to ensure quality care is given to everyone, following state and federal guidelines. HIPAA, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is a Federal guideline which gives us privacy rules, setting national standards to protect patient health information. This helps keep patient health information secure, mandating safeguard for providers, insurers and related entities. We keep all information secure following these guidelines within our community.”
𝗗𝗿. 𝗟𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗠𝗗 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, said, “TB is an extremely slow growing bacterium. Just because you are exposed to someone with TB does not mean you will get it. If you know you were exposed to someone who is TB positive, you can contact our health department. We will provide you step by step what needs to be done, testing access and education.
We have an excellent team here at the health department and within our local healthcare community. We work together to address TB concerns as they come up in our community and provide treatment to all people.”
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Broome County Health Department
