Author: OLIVIA PRENTZEL LANCE BENZEL
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El Paso County jail staff, inmates cite lack of masks in COVID-19 outbreak that became one of the largest in the state
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Eight months into the pandemic and four months after the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office received up to $15.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds, the county jail became the site of one of the state’s largest coronavirus outbreaks, with staff and inmates stating that they were not given adequate equipment to protect themselves. The more than…
