Another inmate in their section was diagnosed with meningitis and sent to Roanoke Memorial Hospital. The Roanoke Times Send This Story To A Friend. Twenty inmates at the Roanoke City Jail were quarantined for five days as a precaution after another inmate in their section was diagnosed with meningitis, officials said. The jail's medical staff moved the inmate to the infirmary for a day before a rash appeared. The jail physician sent him to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital on Sunday.
Bacterial meningitis is highly contagious and therefore more dangerous.
Poff said the inmate was released from the hospital Wednesday but would stay in the jail infirmary while his treatment continues. He said the doctor had authorized the inmates to be released from quarantine about 9 p.m. Wednesday. Poff said the jail's medical staff will work with the Roanoke Health Department to determine where the inmate contracted the disease. Send This Story To A Friend Click here for today's headlines. Click here for the past seven day's headlines.