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County detention center: ongoing repairs, plumbing and shower replacement; officials flag capacity and mental‑health needs
Summary
Officials updated the committee on extensive, ongoing repairs at the 33‑year‑old Beaufort County Detention Center, described plumbing and shower renovations, and said the facility nears capacity with mental‑health needs cited as a top operational challenge.
Assistant County Administrator John Robinson updated the committee April 7 on repairs and operational issues at the Beaufort County Detention Center and addressed recent media reporting about work at the facility.
Robinson said the detention center meets state minimum standards and that the facility’s maximum population is 255 inmates; when he prepared his remarks the average daily population was 203 and the facility typically sees about 22 inmates arrive or leave daily (roughly 70 per week). He said the center is 33 years old and that deferred maintenance over many years left a backlog of costly repairs.
Maintenance and repairs: Robinson described emergency plumbing work in the kitchen and plumbing corrosion requiring crews to cut concrete and tunnel to replace cast‑iron lines with…
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