Orange County Sheriff Prepares to Make Case for Keeping Inmates Behind Bars

Alastair Irvine, son of a British judicial official, looks out from behind glass during his arraignment at Santa Ana California Superior Court on September 3, 2002 in Santa Ana, California. Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will present its plan to mitigate a COVID-19 jail surge to an appeals judge on Jan. 8 as it continues its fight to keep more than 1,000 inmates behind bars.

“The sheriff believes that his plan is what is best for the Orange County community,” department spokesman Sgt. Dennis Breckner told The Epoch Times on Jan. 7. “We have and will continue to take steps to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Orange County jails.”