DOVER — New Hampshire health officials declared the Strafford County House of Corrections’ COVID-19 outbreak over on Tuesday, roughly two months and 148 positive cases after the outbreak began.
The good news doesn’t mean the jail will fully let its guard down, though, according to Superintendent Chris Brackett — especially not when 18 people held at the jail recently submitted a joint letter outlining concerns about the way in which the facility has handled the outbreak.
“We’re taking this exceptionally seriously,” Brackett said of both his facility’s approach to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and how his facility is treating the concerns outlined in the letter. “My job would be much, much easier if I didn’t have to contend with COVID, and so anything I can do to keep COVID out of the facility is stuff we’re going to explore.”