Upstate inmate believes he got COVID19 at Greenville halfway house

The WYFF4 newsroom received several calls about suspected cases of COVID-19 at an Upstate half-way house.

There are dozens of Residential Re-entry Centers, or RRC’s, across the country.

These facilities are regulated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

RRC’s are designed to be a place for inmates who have served their time to transition back into society.

WYFF4’S Renée Wunderlich spoke with a man who believes he contracted the corona virus after staying there.

Jonathan martin tells WYFF4 News he tested positive for COVID-19 after getting sick, he believes, during his stay at Bannum Place - a halfway house in Greenville.

"I had COVID-19 symptoms, two days later, I called them that morning, they said I was positive for COVID-19,” said Martin.

Martin tells WYFF4, after 90 months on a methamphetamine charge, he was ready to restart his life.

He said before being sent to Bannum Place in Greenville, he was quarantined in a Kentucky federal prison where he was serving his time.

Martin thinks he caught COVID-19 at Bannum because another inmate who he says came from a different federal prison hadn't been quarantined.

And Martin said there's no social distancing at the Greenville halfway house.

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