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Lycoming County Prison reports rise in average daily population, disciplinary hearings and mental-health caseload
Summary
At the board meeting officials reported December averages showing a rise in jail population to an average daily population of 246.9, high counts for disciplinary hearings, and a January mental-health snapshot showing about 43% of inmates on psychotropic medications across the system.
Officials delivering informational reports to the Lycoming County Prison Board said the facility and its prerelease center saw an increase in average daily population and provided monthly statistics on disciplinary hearings, mental-health caseloads, medications and reentry programming.
Warden’s staff reported that in December the prison averaged 186.45 males and the prerelease center averaged 30.97 males, producing a combined average daily population of 217.42 for those counts. Across the system the reported average daily population for the month was 246.9 with a peak population of 263; the year-to-date average was 235.16, compared with 232.02 for 2023. The speaker noted that December 2024’s average (246) marked a significant increase from December 2023 (215).
The disciplinary committee, chaired in the report by Deputy Ward Barnes, conducted 44 hearings in December. The…
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