The New Flu Hits Prisons and Jails
May 4th, 2009
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The so-called swine flu outbreak has affected operations at a number of correctional agencies in the United States
- Cook County IL has limited visitors to immediate family members and attorneys. There are currently no cases of the swine flu at the jail.
- The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections is canceling offender visitation starting Friday and continuing for up to two weeks, according to a release from the agency. There will be no visitation at any of the state’s 13 correctional facilities.
- Ventura County CA has also canceled visits. Sheriff Bob Brooks announced Friday that all public visits to inmates are suspended until May 15.
- In Henderson County, KY, the jail is continuing visits but with changes. Colonel Freddie Rowland of the Henderson County Detention Center said, ”We are limiting the contact between the visitor and the inmate. We’re going to allow a quick hug, but we’re not going to allow them to sit as close as they normally do.”
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