Jussie Smollett has been moved to a brand new jail cell, the Cook dinner County Sheriff’s Workplace stated Tuesday.
Smollett, whose brother stated he’s been housed within the jail’s psych ward, continues to be in the identical unit however was moved to a distinct cell on Monday when medical professionals decided one other detainee wanted it extra, the company stated.
The actor’s new digs at Chicago’s county jail options round the clock surveillance by officers stationed outdoors the cell always to make sure the actor stays underneath “direct statement,” the sheriff’s workplace stated.
Like different inmates, the convicted felon is entitled to “substantial time” out of his cell however when he's in widespread areas, different detainees received’t be permitted within the space, the company defined.
“These protocols are routinely used for people ordered into protecting custody who could doubtlessly be liable to hurt as a result of nature of their prices, their career, or their noteworthy standing,” the sheriff’s workplace stated.
“The protection and safety of all detained people, together with Mr. Smollett, is the Sheriff’s Workplace’s highest precedence.”
The sheriff’s workplace famous that Smollett “was by no means restrained to a mattress or the rest within the cell,” nor was his earlier mattress ever geared up with restraints.
The housing unit the place Smollett is locked up is Division 8, or the jail’s Residential Remedy Unit, which is reserved for detainees with accidents and medical situations that make them significantly vulnerable to COVID-19 an infection, based on Southside Weekly.
The sheriff’s workplace stated Smollett is in an space “continuously utilized for people requiring a excessive stage of supervision and take care of psychological well being wants” however the unit can be generally used “solely for safety causes as a result of enhanced monitoring that may happen on this setting.”
“It could be inaccurate and irresponsible to make any assumption about his psychological or medical situation primarily based on the place he's at the moment housed,” the workplace stated.
On Monday, Smollett’s attorneys filed an emergency movement to postpone his five-month sentence as they work to enchantment his conviction on 5 counts of felony disorderly conduct for mendacity to police.
His attorneys claimed Smollett’s life is in danger due to threats he and his household acquired and since he's immunocompromised, and at excessive danger of a severe COVID-19 case.
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