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Gov. Mike DeWine to deploy Ohio Military Reserve to staff short-handed Cuyahoga County Jail

 The state is sending assistance to the Cuyahoga County Jail to replace workers out sick.
Nick Castele
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The state is sending assistance to the Cuyahoga County Jail to replace workers out sick.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is sending military reserve support staff to the Cuyahoga County Jail after a wave of medical absences left local officials short handed.

DeWine is deploying 25 members of the Ohio Military Reserve, a unit trained to offer disaster relief and medical support to state and local government. They鈥檒l begin their 30-day deployment Dec. 28.

鈥淚 am pleased that the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and the Ohio Military Reserve will be able to help alleviate some of the challenges and help the jail to continue to provide a safe environment for both staff and those who are housed at the facility,鈥 the governor said in a news release.  

The jail will also carry out a safety plan that includes limiting in-person visits 鈥 including by attorneys 鈥 only to those 鈥渄eemed absolutely necessary.鈥

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish thanked DeWine for the help in a news release Wednesday morning.

鈥淩ecently, we have seen different variants spread quickly throughout our community, which has sadly resulted in our county having the third most positive cases per capita in the entire nation,鈥 Budish said. 鈥淭he County Jail is no exception and unfortunately reflects this grave trend with 160 inmates and 42 corrections staff testing positive as of today.鈥

The military reserve staff will take on basic tasks within the jail, such as escorting inmates to medical care or delivering meals, jail director Ronda Gibson told 海角破解版.

With reporting by 海角破解版鈥檚 Matt Richmond.

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Nick Castele was a senior reporter covering politics and government for 海角破解版. He worked as a reporter for Ideastream from 2012-2022.