Good Evening,
I have attached the following press release from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office regarding a positive test for Covid 19. The CO in question was in the Cermak Hospital section of the jail. I just got off the phone with Helen from Council and she calling The President’s Office tonight to move our Wednesday meeting up to tomorrow. I also requested a conference call with office management for tomorrow..
The board will be pushing for solutions, including but not limited to, some of the provisions outlined in the ISC order, such as phone appearances and video appearances. Use you best judgment and we will support your decision what ever that is.
A question was posted on Facebook today about visiting the jail. It is our advice that you do not visit clients in person. Use the phone call forwarding or mail them a response to their questions from voicemail.
We wish we had more information to give you and we are working on getting it. What I call tell you now is use your common sense. The number of clients we are seeing in court is coming down in most places. Practice extreme social distancing, even from sheriffs and ASAs. We have been pushing management since the start to reduce staff as the numbers dictate. Some have already, we think there is still room to go down in most places right now. No need for 3 attorneys to be in court just sitting around.
The board’s only dedication at this point is to the safety of our members.
We hope to have more for you tomorrow morning.
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Kevin OchallaPresidentLocal 3315