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12 inmates test positive at Niagara County Jail REPORT: Facility working on protocols with Niagara County Health Department. By Benjamin Joe [email protected] Dec 30, 2020 This file photo shows the Niagara County jail in Lockport.  LOCKPORT â Out of 284 inmates, 12 are positive for the virus as of Wednesday during the latest round of testing at the Niagara County Jail. âI wanted to make people aware that COVID is everywhere,â said Sheriff Mike Filicetti. âWeâve made it a long time without having any of it in the jail, but in the efforts of transparency, I like to keep the public informed, my staff informed, so we can make sure weâre using all of our precautions and trying to stay safe â minimizing the risk as much as possible.â ....
Schenectady County Jail on lockdown following staff, inmate COVID positives | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Five additional personnel at the county jail are on quarantine, according to county spokeswoman Erin Roberts. The facility has been under lockdown since 2:30 p.m. Monday. It’s unclear when the inmates and staff first tested positive: Schenectady County Sheriff Dominic Dagostino didn’t return requests for comment, but a news release issued Tuesday morning said the positives are the first at the Veeder Avenue facility since the onset of the pandemic. The county Sheriff’s Office is working with the state Commission of Corrections, the county Health Department and CFG Health Systems, which is the health care provider for the correctional facility, according to the statement. ....
Schenectady County jail in lockdown after COVID-19 outbreak FacebookTwitterEmail Exterior of the Schenectady County jail on Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Schenectady, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union SCHENECTADY – The county jail is in lock down after four corrections officers and two inmates recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to Schenectady County Sheriff Dominic Dagostino. He said everyone is currently in quarantine and expected to recover. Dagostino said Tuesday that it is not entirely clear what led to the outbreak, but he surmised it may have originated from one of the jail guards. ....
A recent cluster of COVID-19 cases was reported at the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden. Author: Ron Plants Updated: 7:13 PM EST December 14, 2020 BUFFALO, N.Y. Just as COVID-19 has affected many businesses and agencies, 2 On Your Side is learning more about its impact on the staff and inmates supervised by the Erie County Sheriff s Office and the staffers of the County Board of Elections. For the Erie County Sheriff s Office, COVID-19 presented quite a challenge in supervision of inmates. But they say their track record of containment has been fairly successful so far. They even got a nod of approval for following state and federal health requirements in a mid-November inspection from the oversight state Commission of Corrections. ....
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