Florida inmates will produce cloth face masks to protect the correctional officers overseeing them as the number of inmates with Covid-19 continues to rise
Florida Department of Corrections and Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises will be making cloth face masks using the CDC's templates, the FDC said in a news release Saturday. The FDC and PRIDE are"uniquely situated to respond quickly" to the high demand for these face masks, the department said.
The release says these face coverings will initially be issued to correctional officers, probation officers and staff in high-risk geographic areas of the state. Then the masks will go to institutions which have large at-risk inmate populations, according to the release. As of Saturday, 44 employees or contract staff and 35 inmates in the Florida correctional system have tested positive for coronavirus, according to data from the state.
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