Corrections officials have found a safe bug repellant (many are 'extremely flammable') but it may not be available for inmates by the spring. Prison officials didn’t respond when asked if they had considered providing inmates the repellent for free.
The state drew up a contract for mosquito abatement services for construction crews, but those servicesEmail communications obtained through an open records request show that on July 27, about two weeks after the prison officially opened, Troy Hollis, a maintenance supervisor at the prison, reached out to the mosquito abatement district“We have been getting alot of complaints about the mosquitoes out here, I was wondering if you guys had anything scheduled for our area anytime soon or if we...
“Thanks so much for sharing this with me,” an epidemiologist responded on Aug. 10. “Unfortunately we distributed the last of our DEET wipes last year and did not get funding this year to purchase more.”Corrections spokespeople told The Salt Lake Tribune they were behind on mitigation measures because they didn’t expect the mosquitoes to be such a problem.As of early November, prisoners did not have access to bug repellent, according to corrections spokespeople.
Truchard didn’t respond when asked if officials had considered providing inmates the repellent for free. This year, the prison primarily relied on pesticides to mitigate mosquitoes. That worries groups like Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, as well as those who manage bird populations nearby.
Ella Sorensen, who manages Audubon’s Edward L. & Charles F. Gillmor Sanctuary adjacent to the prison, is worried that those pesticides could get rid of too many insects and destroy vital parts of the area ecosystem that millions of birds rely on.
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