There is good news for the prisoners and staff who live and work at the Hidalgo County jail: the incidence of COVID-19 is down significantly.
Recently, Hidalgo County Sheriff “Eddie” Guerra spoke with The Advance, and you could hear some relief in his voice while talking about today’s COVID numbers inside his jail vs. how it was this summer.
“Well, thank God we have not suffered too many cases of COVID in our jail like some of the other county jails and state prisons have,” he said. “We’ve been able to manage it. Our highest active case count was back on July ...