NEW HANOVER COUNTY SCHOOLS REMAIN IN PLANTS EIGHT LEARNING REMOTELY UNTIL JANUARY 25th. >>> AFTER KEEPING THE LID ON COVID SPREAD FOR MONTHS, THE WAKE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER SEEING ITS WORST SPREAD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF A PANDEMIC. OUT OF THE 1100 INMATES, CLOSE TO 100 CURRENTLY IN ISOLATION AFTER TESTING POSITIVE. SHERIFF STAFF MEMBERS ALSO IMPACTED. CULLEN BROWDER JOIN US AT THE HAMPTON ROAD DETENTION CENTER WITH THE LATEST NEWS ON THE SPREAD. >> Reporter: WAKE DETENTION CENTER IS ON LOCKDOWN RIGHT NOW AS THE SHERIFF TRIES TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF INMATES AND VISITORS. HERE'S THE SAFETY PROTOCOL WHEN INMATES GET TO THE DETENTION CENTER, THEY GO INTO A 14 DAY QUARANTINE UNIT. IF THEY EVENTUALLY TEST NEGATIVE, THEY CAN MOVE INTO THE GENERAL POPULATION. IF THEY TEST POSITIVE, THEN THEY GO INTO THE ISOLATION UNIT, SINGLE CELL PODS. EVEN WITH ALL THESE RESTRICTIONS, THESE CASES KEEP MULTIPLYING AMONG THE INMATES AND STAFF. >> KIND OF LIKE A PINBALL MACHINE, ALL OVER THE PLACE. AFTER MASS TESTING, THEY IDENTIFIED 55 CASES AT THE DOWNTOWN FACILITY AND ANOTHER 40 AT HAMMOND ROAD ALTHOUGH THAT NUMBERS AND COMPLETE AS MORE RESULTS COME IN. >> WE KNOW THE NUMBERS ARE HIGH INTO THE COMMUNITY. WE WILL SEE THEM IN THE JAIL. WE WANT TO REMAIN PROACTIVE. >> Reporter: 17 SHERIFF STAFF IN THE JAIL AND ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION ARE CURRENTLY OUT AFTER TESTING POSITIVE. IT IS ESTIMATED ANOTHER 10 ARE OUT AS A PRECAUTION. >> GIVEN THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, ALL THOSE FOLKS CONTRACTED IT AND MAYBE ASYMPTOMATIC COMING TO THE JAIL. >> Reporter: THAT CONCERN COMPOUNDED BY THE RESULTING STAFFING SHORTAGES. WHAT HAVE YOU HAD TO DO FOR STAFFING? >> WE ARE MOVING STAFF ALL AROUND THE PLACE. >> Reporter: ADD TO THAT CHALLENGE, THE COURT SYSTEM >> WE ARE ESSENTIALLY LIMITING FOLLOWING THE DOCTOR'S RECOMMENDATION AND LIMITING TRANSPORT OF PRISONERS INTO OUR FACILITY. DURING THE RECENT LOCKDOWN, ATTORNEYS COULD NOT MEET WITH INMATES DUE TO COVID CONCERNS. NOW THEY UTILIZE VIDEOCONFERENCING. AGAIN, THE BIG CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS STAFF POTENTIALLY COULD BE BRINGING THIS IN. THE SHERIFF IS VERY MUCH AWARE OF THAT TALKING WITH HIS STAFF. SOME GOOD NEWS IN ALL OF THIS, NONE OF THESE CASES RIGHT NOW WE ARE TOLD ARE CONSIDERED SERIOUS ENOUGH FOR HOSPITALIZATION BUT THAT MEDICAL DIRECTOR BELIEVES THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHY JAILED EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE HIGHER ON