The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Thursday requested people to limit non-essential jail visits in an attempt to limit exposure to coronavirus.
Jail visitors showing signs of illness will be refused access until symptoms subside, Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said.
“We are following public health guidelines to protect the health and safety of those who may be visiting our jails,” Barnes said. “This is a precautionary measure consistent with health organizations’ recommendations to limit oneself from attending large gatherings, as is often experienced during the visiting process.”
The sheriff’s department is following recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the California Department of Public Health and the Orange County Health Care Agency, Barnes said.
No inmates are showing COVID-19 symptoms, Barnes said.
Visitations to inmates at jails operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will be curtailed beginning Friday in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the department announced Thursday.