Tag: face masks during the covid-19 pandemic
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El Paso County Sheriff’s Office spent more than $80,000 on masks, but withheld them from inmates in cells
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office spent more than $80,000 on face masks from April through September, but did not provide them to inmates in their housing areas before a coronavirus outbreak in October that infected more than 1,100 prisoners and staff. Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Jacqueline Kirby said the office bought 87,330 masks with $80,594 in…