Glenn County deputies taking coronavirus preventative measures for jail

The coronavirus pandemic is causing at least one local law enforcement agency to take preventative measures to keep one portion of the population - safe.

Pandemic is causing at least one local law enforcement agency to take preventative measures to keep one portion of the population - safe.

Action news now reporter jafet serrato is live in butte county& and jafet - a neighboring county is now taking action???

That's right& i'm talking about the glenn county sheriff's office!

I visited willows to find out what the department is doing to try and stop the coronavirus from reaching the jail and or inmates.

Right now there are at least 100 inmates at the glenn county jail.

Starting*toda* deputies will suspend*al* visiting hours.

The front lobby of the jail will also be*close* i asked the jail commander of the facility what happens if someone was to become infected?

Does the jail have enough space for possible quarantine?

"unfortunately we do not have the proper isolation room.

So we're going to have to make modifications.

We do have holding cells where we can isolate somebody probably for a short amount of time" lt.

Gibbs adds & before people are put into jail cells& deputies screen them for illness.

He also tells me, during this pandemicã inmates have to make sure their rooms are cleaned.

It's important to noteãglenn county has no confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

In chico jafet serrato action news now.

A non-profit, non- partisan website called prison policy initiative reports there are more than 230-thousand inmates in our state.###