GREENCASTLE, Ind.– Staff and offenders at Putnamville Correctional (ISF) are working together help fight the spread of COVID-19.

Putnamville Correctional Facility has staff and offender cleaning crews working around the clock. Cleaning crews are sanitizing door handles, tables, microwaves, floors, remotes, offices, and other commonly used areas and items. ISF has utilized the CDC’s Guidelines for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and social distancing. Alcohol based hand sanitizers are available to all offenders and staff. Soap has also been given to the offender population and is replenished often. ISF commitment to all staff and offenders safety is working and we daily continue to fight against COVID-19.

Offenders in the Purposeful

Living Unit Serve (PLUS) program, ISF Honor Dorm, and other offender volunteers have been working on producing enough masks to cover over 2,000 incarcerated individuals and 450 staff members.

PLUS Program Director Brian Jones stated, “This is a very important project and the offenders in PLUS assisting have become instrumental in lending a helping hand to assist the facility in our fight against COVID-19.