GREAT FALLS The Cascade County Sheriffs Office says that some inmates at the detention center were served food that was contaminated with blood from a food-service employee.

Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said in a news release that it happened on Sunday, September 28, 2025, and involved Summit Correctional Services (SCS), a contracted food service provider for the county.

At about 11:12 a.m., while meals were being prepared for inmates at Station 2 in K, J, H, and G Blocks, an inmate who was helping to serve meals in coordination with SCS accidentally contaminated a serving tray of pasta with human blood from a nosebleed.

A detention center inmate worker immediately tried to dispose of the contaminated food to prevent further risk of exposure.

Sheriff Slaughter said that the SCS kitchen supe

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