{"id":2701,"date":"2020-04-22T22:59:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T22:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2023-03-27T15:52:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:52:46","slug":"six-durham-jail-staff-test-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2020\/04\/22\/six-durham-jail-staff-test-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Durham County jail staff test positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Six Durham County Sheriff\u2019s Office employees assigned to the county jail have tested positive for COVID-19.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No inmates have tested positive, according to a press release from Sheriff Clarence Birkhead. It\u2019s not clear how many of the 262 inmates detained as of Wednesday have been tested for coronavirus.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Citing privacy concerns, the sheriff\u2019s office did not identify where the six employees work at the Durham County Detention Center or the extent to which they interact with inmates or attorneys.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That didn\u2019t sit well with Durham defense attorney Daniel Meier. Nor did the fact that the sheriff\u2019s department did not notify local lawyers directly that some detention center staff have tested positive for coronavirus, he said.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That leaves lawyers with no idea whether they interacted with the six employees when checking in to speak with clients via video kiosks in the lobby of the detention facility, Meier said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOur frustration is they\u2019re not even telling us what parts of the jail they worked in,\u201d Meier said.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">State officials report that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdhhs.gov\/divisions\/public-health\/covid19\/covid-19-nc-case-count#by-congregate-living\">652 <\/a>individu<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">als have tested po<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sitive for coronavirus at state and federal prisons and in county jails in North Carolina. Among them, five have died. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The press release regarding the positive tests was released in conjunction with the Durham County Public Health Department, said David Bowser, the department&#8217;s communications and public relations manager. A state Department of Health and Human Services tally Wednesday says COVID-19 has been detected in correctional facilities in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdhhs.gov\/divisions\/public-health\/covid19\/covid-19-nc-case-count#by-congregate-living\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">12 counties, including Durham<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The sheriff\u2019s department is working to prevent new inmates from bringing coronavirus to the detention center, Bowser said. When entering the facility, he said, new detainees are screened by a health provider. Those tested for coronavirus are held in one-person cells until test results are received.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The six employees who have tested positive are complying with coronavirus protocol, meaning they are under quarantine or being treated at a medical facility, Bowser said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Only sheriff\u2019s deputies assigned to the detention center work there now, Bowser said. All entering have their temperatures checked and must answer screening questions regarding COVID-19 symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sheriff Birkhead\u2019s office has been implementing additional procedures to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2020\/03\/21\/protecting-jail-inmates-from-coronavirus\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">protect inmates from coronavirus since mid-March<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really feel that we\u2019re really adequately staffed over there to handle any situation,\u201d Bowser said.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At top: The Durham County Detention Center is located downtown. 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