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Belknap County corrections superintendent reports lower custody, new accreditation and ongoing facility repairs
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Belknap County corrections Superintendent Michelle Shon reported the jail population had fallen since late January, described new programming and an accreditation achievement, and outlined ongoing facilities issues including locks, air conditioning and a camera migration.
Michelle Shon, superintendent of the Belknap County Department of Corrections, told commissioners the facility population had declined from 74 on Jan. 29 to about 65 following recent releases and transfers.
Shon said the facility currently reported about nine sentenced inmates, with several inmates housed out of county for behavioral issues and one at the state hospital. She said two people were on electronic monitoring through pretrial services, two were on work release and several people were participating in pretrial core and other programs.
The superintendent listed programming and…
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