The Sedgwick County Detention Facility released about 200 inmates to make room for social distancing. All of those released were being held on low-level crimes.
The move comes as the number of coronavirus cases increase across Kansas and the United States.
Sheriff Jeff Easter said the jail is almost always at capacity and inmates interact with each other at a closer distance than six feet. The concern is that could easily help the virus spread.
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