BECAUSE OF COVID CONCERNS ONCE AGAIN, THERE IS NO FOOD COMING FROM THE BLAIR COUNTY JAIL.
THE ALTOONA MIRROR REPORTS THAT BECAUSE OF A RECENT UPTURN IN THE NUMBER OF NEW COVID 19 CASES, THE COUNTY JAIL’S KITCHEN HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN. INMATES WHO STAFF THE KITCHEN ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE COME DOWN WITH COVID. THE COUNTY MUST NOW LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE FOOD SOURCE. AND THE COST WILL BE THE BIGGEST FACTOR IN SELECTING A FOOD PROVIDER. PRIME SIRLOIN CURENTLY HAS AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE PRISON FOR FOOD DELIVERIES, BUT tHE COUNTY SAYS IT HAS TO BE CAREFUL ON HOW MUCH IT SPENDS ON POSSIBLE OUTSIDE FOOD DELIVERIES WHILE THE KITCHEN IS SHUT DOWN. THERE ARE 250 INMATES AT THE PRISON CURRENTLY.