The Montgomery County Jail has had a rise in COVID-19 cases recently with 11 active cases among inmates.

One of the reasons for this is that the jail has a central air unit as opposed to separate air units. However, this is about to change. In Monday morning's commission meeting, it was approved by the commissioners to place separate heat and air units in the facility.

On top of that, there will be LED lights that placed in the ducts that can kill COVID-19 among other infectious diseases. The job will cost roughly $16,000 and will begin with a thorough cleaning of the ducts followed by holes that will be cut in order to place the new units.