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Douglas County corrections director reports staffing gains, steady mental‑health caseload and progress on jail mental‑health wing
Summary
Director Michael Myers reported January operational figures to the Board of Corrections: staffing near or above authorized levels, increases in some community‑based releases that saved jail bed days, and ongoing construction of a mental‑health addition to the jail.
Michael Myers, Douglas County Director of Corrections, told the Board of Corrections on Tuesday that January operational metrics showed a mix of staffing gains, continued mental‑health burdens in the jail population and progress on a planned mental‑health addition to county correctional facilities.
Myers said the department was $435,706 under budget after seven months of the fiscal year and reported $237,007 in overtime costs for January; he attributed the overtime uptick to increased sick and other leave. He said six officers below sergeant and one sergeant left employment in January and four officers were promoted from CO1 to CO2; the county’s correctional-officer ranks were at about 103% of authorized staffing, including a class of 19 cadets that began January 13 and will graduate Feb. 22.
Myers sum…
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