Laclede County jail takes steps to prepare for Covid-19

It’s often said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and with the COVID 19 outbreak in the country, that saying is taken to heart at the Laclede County Jail. People in prisons and jails are uniquely vulnerable to coronavirus. Officials must act quickly to pull together a plan to ensure the safety of incarcerated people, medical staff, and correctional officers. Laclede County Sheriff, David Millsap says his office has been very proactive in working to keep the disease from entering the jail facility:

Once a contagious illness enters, conditions in correctional facilities are highly conducive to it spreading. People in prisons and jails live in close proximity to each other. Many are housed in large dormitories, sharing the same space. Even where people are housed in cells, the ventilation is sometimes inadequate.