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Jail officials seek monitoring devices, report high overtime and staffing gains amid operational upgrades
Summary
Corrections leaders told commissioners they plan to pilot health/safety monitors in the jail, continue staffing hires, and pursue grant funds for adult pretrial and reentry programs; they also reported an overtime spike tied to vacancies and equipment upgrades.
County corrections commander Steve Barker told the Board of Commissioners on Aug. 4 that officials plan to install a small pilot of inmate monitoring devices and are developing contracts for the systems and related staffing. "If it got approved today, it would take them about another week after that to get the ball rolling," Barker said of the vendor timeline for device installation; the department proposed starting with five devices.
Why it matters: The devices are intended to improve in-jail monitoring and health…
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