The Clayton County Jail is experiencing issues with the HVAC in the jail, Sheriff Levon Allen said in a news release.
“The Clayton County Jail is currently experiencing an HVAC unit outage in the jail, impacting employees, contract staff and inmates/prisoners,” the sheriff’s office said.
According to officials, the temperature in the prison is currently around 26 degrees Celsius in some places and around 32 degrees Celsius in others.
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Officers hired by the city have been called in to fix the problem, but the sheriff’s office did not provide information on when the problem would be resolved.
Channel 2 Action News will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
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