The Los Angeles County Sherrif’s Office announced it will release some inmates in an attempt to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus after several sheriff’s office employees came into contact with people who tested positive for the new virus.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Monday at a press conference that his department is reducing the jail population to reduce the spread of the disease by more than 600 inmates, according to the Los Angeles Times. Twenty-one inmates in the Men’s Central Jail are quarantined, while five are quarantined at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, and nine are in isolation at the Correctional Treatment Center, he said.
