Half of inmates at Manchester’s Valley Street Jail test positive
The state's largest county jail, in Manchester, has a little over 200 inmates. Less than 15 have been tested for COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
Published: 1/12/2021 6:54:41 PM
Rey DeJesus has been at Valley Street Jail since February, awaiting a trial for felony charges. He and his wife, Krystal DeJesus, talk on the phone every day, and a few weeks ago, he called to say people in the jail were getting sick.
Krystal DeJesus, a nursing assistant, gave her husband some advice:
“I said, ‘You know, the COVID is bad; it’s airborne,’ ” she recalled. ” ‘We’re wearing masks out here. You guys have no masks?’ He said, ‘No, they haven’t provided us with no masks at all.’”