Sheriff reports steady jail population and supervision program activity
The sheriff told the commission the detention center was holding 58 inmates (31 local Brookings County charges) with additional inmates from neighboring counties, and provided current supervision and monitoring counts for programs such as PBTs, SCRAM and UA testing.
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The sheriff briefed commissioners on detention-center operations, reporting a current population of 58 inmates with 31 held on Brookings County charges and additional inmates from Kingsbury, Hamlin and Moody counties, two from the Department of Corrections and 25 held for the U.S. Marshals Service. The sheriff said the jail’s daily average for 2026 to date is about 57.5 inmates.
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