Jail Takes Precautions With Inmates

Many are making changes to their daily routines to deal with the coronavirus threat, and that even applies to the Jackson County Jail.

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A lot of us are making changes to our daily routines to deal with the coronavirus threat, and that even applies to the jackson county jail.

Waay 31's ashley carter is live at the jail in scottsboro.

She learned how inmates are being kept inside and having their temperatures taken multiple times a day.

Ashley?

The chief of corrections here at the jackson county jail gave me a list of different precautions officials are taking.

Hal nash said it is his responsibility to make sure every inmate and employee inside these walls remains healthy.

Some of big changes the jail is making include no longer having inmates on work release anymore.

Nash said only about 3 inmates are even allowed outside of the building to clean up and work around it.... inmates have to get their temperatures checked every time they leave and return to their pods.

Every employee gets their temperature checked as well when they come into work and before they leave... even new inmates and their arresting officers get their temperatures checked when they first arrive.

And if that new inmate has a temperature over 100 degrees, they get taken to a medical facility.

Another move by the jail was to have the district attorney's office and courts evaluate low risk inmates.

Those inmates now have either had their bonsd reduced by the judges or been placed on house arrest.

They're doing this to clear up some space in the jail.

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