With extensive testing for the coronavirus in Los Angeles County's jail system, high infection rates are emerging.
As extensive testing for the novel coronavirus gets underway in the vast Los Angeles County jail system, high infection rates are emerging, with nearly 60% of one group of inmates testing positive.
“There’s now a full-blown epidemic within a pandemic in our jail,” he said. “So we have an environment where people are sleeping close together. There’s no way that sleeping head to toe or cutting down the numbers a little bit is going to make a difference.”The percentage of a population needed to achieve herd immunity varies depending on how easily the virus is spreading, according to aposted online in advance of its July publication date.
Testing of asymptomatic inmates was completed in the women’s jail last week, with the goal of testing all inmates in the county system by mid-June, Assistant Sheriff Bruce Chase said last week. All inmates entering the jails are now tested for the coronavirus. But critics say the video does not prove the inmates’ intent. Cullors said the sheriff was trying to gaslight the public by blaming inmates for the spread of the virus.last week’s Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission meeting
Trustees performing deep cleaning of jail facilities were not provided with a change of clothes afterwards, Grills said.Though most inmates in the women’s jail were wearing masks, almost no men were, Grills said. The North County Correctional Facility had no procedure for deep cleaning, with each inmate responsible for cleaning his own living area.
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