“People – parents and loved ones – need to be concerned about family members in the jail.” The Escambia County Jail has become a COVID-19 petri dish. Â As of 4 p.m. Wednesday,…
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County Jail: Sewage, dry cereal, Sam’s Club ponchos
During the Friday, July 10 presser, Corrections Chief Powell praised his jail protocols for discovering the infections among inmates. Powell said, “The biggest thing is that we continue to elevate our cleanliness….
Escambia County Jail has 86% positivity rate in latest round of COVID tests
“As of today, 132 inmates have been tested at the Escambia County jail for COVID-19. Currently, there are 71 positive cases, 12 negative cases and 49 pending results.” At 6:49 p.m. Thursday night,…
Breaking news: 12 corrections staff tested positive
When questioned by the Escambia County commissioners, Escambia County Corrections Chief Rich Powell said that he currently has 12 employees that have tested positive for COVID. Another 13 employees are waiting for…
County makes offer for jail site
by Duwayne Escobedo… After more than two years of haggling about where to rebuild a jail destroyed by flooding in April 2014, the five-member Escambia County Commission finally unanimously picked out a…
Simmons: Jail infirmary takes care of all 1,483 prisoners, regardless where housed
Assistant County Administrator Chip Simmons called to clarify that the jail infirmary at the Escambia County Main Jail takes care of medical issues of all the prisoners, regardless if they are housed…
Escambia Main Jail capacity 812, not 1,400
When the daily newspaper writes about the deaths in the Escambia County Jail, the reporters quote Margaret Noonan, a statistician for the Bureau of Justice Statistics: “Once you get over 1,500, the…
Another jail death
This morning I received a phone call regarding another death in the jail infirmary. Alfred Wesley,63, was found unresponsive in by infirmary staff during an hourly welfare check. Corrections officers and medical…
Palmer explains NAIOP position and responds to Underhill
Yesterday, attorney Raymond Palmer, the legislative affairs chair for the Northwest Florida chapter of NAIOP, came on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks” to talk about his group’s recommendation that the Escambia…
Commissioner responds to NAIOP
Over the weekend, NAIOP, the association of developers and commercial real estate brokers, sent a white paper to the Escambia Board of County Commissioners asking that the board reconsider its decision to…
NAIOP argues for Superfund site for new jail
The Northwest Florida Chapter of NAIOP, a commercial real estate development association, sent a strongly worded “white paper” to city and county officials stating the Escambia County Commission would “squander tens of…
Commissioners tackle jail medical
The Escambia County Board of Commissioners this morning discussed the rash of deaths in the county jail. Inweekly and this blog were brought up several times in the discussion. County Administrator Jack…