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| Mass. Sheriff: Stolen Chicken Sickens Inmates |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/18/2003 |
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Cooked chicken stolen from the kitchen at the Plymouth (Mass.) county jail, then stored unrefrigerated in cells, is the most likely cause of at least 16 cases of salmonella poisoning that resulted in the hospitalization of two inmates, officials say. 'My gut feeling is that it was caused by three or four inmates who we caught stealing chicken from the kitchen,' Sheriff Joseph E. McDonough said. Some inmates began complaining of stomach cramps, diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting in mid-July, the sheriff said. At first jail officials thought that a stomach virus was making its way through the inmate population. When symptoms persisted, some inmates were tested for salmonella poisoning. One of the inmates who tested positive was among a group of kitchen workers who, at about the same time, were found to have stolen chicken, McDonough said. Taking food from the kitchen is against jail rules, and the inmates in question were punished with several days in solitary lockdown, the sheriff said. Salmonella can be deadly, especially in infants, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. The bacteria most commonly are spread through improper handling of uncooked or improperly cooked food. The state Public Health Department has tested the kitchen, the jail's water supply and its food suppliers without finding evidence of a contamination source, department spokeswoman Roseanne Pawelec said. The department also tested the jail in March, but did not find anything that would account for a major salmonella poisoning, she said. 'We may never know what the exact cause was,' Pawelec said. McDonough thinks the stolen chicken is the most likely explanation, in part because inmates who were working in the kitchen at the time of the outbreak and all employees of the jail's food service contractor have so far tested negative for salmonella. A total of about 40 inmates complained of some sort of gastrointestinal distress, and all but two were treated inside the jail, officials said. |
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