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The Calloway County Jail in Murray, Kentucky made it through the first nine months of the pandemic without any confirmed COVID-19 cases. Then in December suffered an outbreak of 30 confirmed cases. Inmates say they’re concerned about how the jail is managing their health because the ill are not always separated from the well. Rachel Collins with member station WKMS reports.
David Allsop, who’s in for a probation violation on a burglary second degree charge, caught COVID-19 during the December outbreak. He said he has pre-existing conditions including asthma and COPD, which require medical treatment, yet when he first started showing symptoms, it was his cell mates who provided care for him.