Former inmate Robert Riley urges training, audits and grant searches to improve Clinton County Jail safety

May 28, 2025

Robert Riley, who said he spent 270–275 days in the Clinton County Jail, urged the board to prioritize staff training, safer medication practices, suicide-prevention steps and to pursue grants that could fund repairs instead of immediately building a new facility.

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Robert Riley, identifying himself as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and owner of Minds Over Matter, told the infrastructure committee he spent "270 days 275 days in Clinton County Jail for a crime I didn't commit" and described concerns about medication handling, limited recovery programs and inmate safety.

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