Union president at Northampton County Prison says 'half the jail is in quarantine'

Union president at Northampton County Prison says ‘half the jail is in quarantine’
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
The corrections officers union president at Northampton County Prison says the situation inside the facility in Easton is worse than county Executive Lamont McClure offered on Tuesday and while it’s possible guards are responsible for the surge in COVID-19 at the prison, there are other explanations.
The virus is taking its toll on the staff and has required significant use of overtime to keep things running, Kyle Shultz, the top representative for AFSCME Local 2549 in the prison, told lehighvalleylive.com on Wednesday.
While the county says 41 corrections officers have tested positive since March for the disease caused by the coronavirus, there have been 35 since Nov. 1 and two more were sent home just Tuesday, Shultz said. At least six others are waiting for paperwork and three of them have already said they have COVID-19, he said. The total is about 20% of the corrections officer workforce, he said.

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