LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – The coronavirus pandemic is having an impact on Florida jails and prisons, including in Lake County.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office told News 6 that 44 nonviolent inmates, who were arrested on misdemeanor charges, have been released in order to lower the jail’s population.
In addition, the Florida Department of Health said state prison inmates and workers have been educated on how to prevent the spread of the virus.
As a result of the pandemic, noncritical transfers of inmates between facilities are being restricted, along with outside work crews.
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