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Sheriff’s office reports steady jail population, rising incident reports and strong rental-bed revenue
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Sheriff Mike Milstead and command staff briefed the commission on jail operations, steady local inmate numbers, growth in out-of-county housing and $5.385 million rental revenue for 2024; they also highlighted increases in documented incidents and assaults on staff.
Sheriff Mike Milstead and senior staff briefed Minnehaha County commissioners April 1 on the sheriff’s office operations, jail population and programs that monitor people in the community rather than in custody.
Milstead said Minnehaha County inmate numbers remain near year-ago levels, though the jail is housing more people held for Lincoln County, the U.S. Marshals Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He credited community programs such as a pretrial services monitoring arrangement and a “20/4/7” program for…
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