(LaPorte, IN) - There are still no COVID-19 cases in the La Porte County Jail. Sheriff John Boyd says an inmate recently isolated as a precaution later tested negative and none of the jail staff has wound up with the virus.

Boyd said he was deeply concerned when news broke about the COVID-19 outbreak at Westville Correctional Center. He believes the release of some inmates as a precaution against the

outbreak and Indiana Supreme Court ruling offenders can’t be held without bond for not being able to afford bail are factors in having no cases.

Boyd also credited the population being monitored closely for symptoms. Boyd says a few of his patrol officers recently self-quarantined at home as a precaution and later tested negative as well.