ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell is changing her office’s policy on seeking incarceration for defendants in response to the COVID-19 outbreak at the Orange County jail.
Worrell made the announcement about the policy change Thursday in a news release. [TRENDING: Plan to track COVID-19 variant | NASA prepares to land Mars rover | REWATCH: Town hall on race, obstacles, opportunities] The goal of the policy change is to reduce the population at the jail in an effort to slow the spread of infections, according to the state attorney’s office.
Assistant state attornies will now determine whether a defendant is over 60 years old, has a body mass index, BMI, over 35 or has a health condition that puts them at high