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Category: Mold News | Tags: ventilation moisture mold health
Prisoners in Macomb County have been nibbling on bologna or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, since December when health officials shut down the county’s jail. Now, sheriff’s officials say to open the kitchen back up, it will costs taxpayers $2.2 million to renovate and upgrade the kitchen.

The Macomb Daily reports county commissioners are not happy with the price tag, and have put off deciding what to do about it.

The kitchen was shut down because of health concerns, the Daily reports.

Officials revealed Tuesday that the unhealthy conditions at the county jail’s kitchen were far more severe than initially reported and that rebuilding the tiny basement facility will cost $2.2 million and take a year to complete.

Dangerously high levels of E. coli bacteria were found in the plumbing. Black mold was growing in the walls, floors and ceilings and making its way into the food freezers and ventilation system. And the two dozen violations issued by health inspectors opened up the county to lawsuits and court motions by defense attorneys seeking to release their clients from the jail.

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