Dallas County Jail inmates brace for omicron.
Gutierrez is not the only Dallas County Jail inmate denied a coronavirus test by Parkland, even as the omicron variant has pushed case numbers to record levels nationwide in recent weeks. Despite what jailers and other inmates describe as widespread COVID-19 symptoms, only 54 inmates, about 1% of the inmate population, have ‘active’ tests, according to internal county data.
A few weeks after Gutierrez's arrival, guards emptied out the entire"pod" across the hall from him . “They were part of the kitchen staff, and now they’re in quarantine,” Gutierrez said. “Now we don’t know where they are."
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