Friday, the county announced that six inmates had tested positive.
Thursday, the jail’s warden, Gregory Croucher resigned after the publication of an internal report by the county’s Inspector General, which found that among other things he had retaliated against his employees.
Croucher also went on vacation to Costa Rica in March. And, in defiance of county orders to self-isolate when he returned on March 25, he went to the jail.
The virus is spreading at the county jail despite efforts by the local courts and prosecutors to release a large portion of the inmates, including low-level offenders and those with limited time left to serve. As of last week, the population of the jail, which had been as high as 2,000 in early March, was down by nearly half.
Throughout Cuyahoga County, cases continue to rise as well. At a press conference Monday morning, Case Western Reserve University’s Dr. Heidi Gullett announced that the County (not including Cleveland) now had 574 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including a one-week old baby, and 15 deaths.
Including Cleveland, which has its own health department, the numbers rise to 826 cases and 17 deaths.
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This article appears in Apr 1-7, 2020.
In before the self righteous, inhuman shitbags with their who cares attitudes show up. Also in before What A Douche makes the same comment he’s made on every other post about the CCJ and this crisis.
Hope they pull their heads out of their asses and let the non violent prisoners go. As for the violent ones, well, even my bleeding heart ass doesn’t care what happens to them.
Hopefully they pass it to some of the COs, SRT and the administration at that disgusting well of human suffering and despair, since it’s their fault for turning it into the shit hole it is so they can line their pockets. Cough on a couple of the hypocrite prosecutors and judges, oh and Budish too, while you’re at it, please…
Nice of you to hope they pass it to CO ,s and SRT. I you have relative’s there that get let out to your house so you can get it.
Must be a CO, that would explain why you can’t write a coherent sentence. English, mf’er, do you speak it?