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After ignoring calls by local groups to drastically reduce the jail population and to stop arrests of certain charges in order to prevent the introduction and spread of COVID-19 within the Detention Centerâs walls, Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough and District Attorney Jim OâNeill are now faced with the predicted outcome: COVID is rapidly spreading through the Detention Center. Almost 40 people incarcerated have contracted the virus, and at least 11 staff. It has already sent at least one incarcerated person to the hospital.
The virus will flourish within the jail, and it will spread out into the rest of our community. The situation is dire; emergency and ICU beds at Wake Forest Baptist are at 100% capacity. This will have devastating, lasting effects.