Special to El Rrun-RrunAfter weeks of denying that there were any positive cases of COVID-19 among the inmates at its three jail units, the Cameron County Sheriff's Department has said an outbreak of positive cases has forced it to shut down the jails to visitation until July 31.
The jails went on lockdown today and will continue to be closed to the public until at least the end of July.
Families can still communicate with the prisoners through pre-paid telephone cards the inmates can buy.
Jail Physician Alberto Almeida said that "several" inmates and scores of jail staff members have tested positive and instituted the visitation restrictions to limit contact between visitors and prisoners.
Face masks have now been provided for the prisoners, he told KRGV Channel 5.
Prior to Tuesday's runoff for sheriff in the Democratic Party elections, the department boasted that no virus infection cases had been found in the jails.
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124 OBITUARIES listed on the daily news. Most all from brownsville RIP
Juan so Sheriff Omar Lucio was hiding the truth all this time so he could win the election? mmm very interesting but it doesnt surprise county voters. Who was doing the counting the Reyna brothers? lol
its sad not lol estupido...
Too many lies for a very long time. I could just imagine all that was shrugged under the carpet to avoid accountability. The Sheriff nor the Reyna's posses Integrity. Acceptability only for those they don't like. Glad to see they will be a bad memory to the hard working staff.
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