Taylor Six
tsix@richmondregister.com
Dec 31, 2020
Fifty-five cases of coronavirus have been reported at the Madison County Detention Center as of Thursday afternoon.Â
Out of 380 inmates being housed at the facility in downtown Richmond, 55 tested positive, and one staff member.Â
According to Deputy Judge Executive Colleen Chaney, all individuals are asymptomatic and quarantined in the jail for 14 days or the event that they are released.
She stated, effective immediately, the jail and their partnering law enforcement agencies (Madison County Sheriff s Office, Richmond and Berea Police Departments, and Kentucky State Police) will transport arrested individuals to the Clark County Detention Center in Winchester.Â