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Commissioners review service agreement renewal for Lawrence County jail body scanner
Summary
County jail staff presented a proposal to renew an annual service agreement for the jail’s body scanner, describing its use for contraband detection and saying the expense would be paid from the jail’s welfare fund; no formal board vote on the item was recorded in the meeting transcript.
Lawrence County commissioners heard a presentation June 24 on renewing a service agreement for the county jail’s body scanner and were told the expense would be paid from the jail’s welfare fund rather than the county general budget.
Howard, a jail staff member who presented the item, described the machine as “a type of x‑ray machine with radiation, low levels, variable levels to scan the inmates' body inside of their clothing” and said it helps detect contraband…
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