34 inmates in Tippecanoe County jail now positive with Covid-19 Fourteen more inmates in the Tippecanoe County jail have tested positive for Covid-19 this week. That brings the total of cases to 34 as of Friday, Dec. 18. Posted: Dec 18, 2020 7:09 PM Posted By: Micah Upshaw TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) -- Sheriff Bob Goldsmith reports while the bad news is Covid-19 has made its way into the jail, the good news is half of those inmates have been in quarantine for the past two weeks and are expected to test negative for the virus on Monday, Dec. 21. "We don't want to say, you know, well this person's incarcerated so we don't care if they get sick, you know, they're human beings and we treat them as such," said Goldsmith.