The Door County Jail is seeing an increase in bookings and is taking steps to contain the spread of COVID-19.  The increase is a result of the resumption of court hearings that had been put on hold when the pandemic began.  Chief Deputy Pat McCarty says the return of work-release inmates is also adding to the jail population increase.  McCarty says that's resulted in social distancing, with fewer inmates sharing cells and other precautions.

McCarty says the jail population increase comes during the busiest time of the year with the summer tourism season.