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Business reports prisoners harassed staff near justice center; commissioners consider interim fencing and new-jail timeline
Summary
At a county commission work session, a business owner reported prisoners from a CoreCivic facility shouted at employees outside her shop; commissioners discussed interim fencing, the sheriff—s role, and a multi-year timetable for a new jail.
A business owner at Ridge Coffee House recently told Commissioner Brian Crook that prisoners from a CoreCivic transport were shouting at her staff outside the business while deputies did not intervene, prompting commissioners at a work session to discuss interim safety measures and the timetable for a new jail.
The complaint, brought to the commission by Commissioner Brian Crook, prompted discussion about short-term mitigations such as fencing and access controls and longer-term changes tied to a proposed new criminal justice facility. "The guards just threw up their hands and said there's nothing we can do about them yelling at you," Crook recounted, quoting the business owner.
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