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Jackson County jail reports record average population; ASO to fund MOUD telehealth through FlowState, board schedules food-budget review
Summary
The Jackson County jail averaged a record 42.33 inmates per day in September and is operating near capacity. The county’s administrative services organization (ASO) will fund medication‑assisted treatment telehealth through FlowState; supervisors asked staff for a food‑budget forecast and a work session to consider transfers or amendments.
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors heard a jail operations briefing Tuesday that showed a recent record average daily population and confirmed state funding will cover medication for opioid use disorder delivered through the jail’s telepsychiatry provider.
Jail administrator Andrew Long told the board the jail’s September average was 42.33 inmates per day, with a high of 45 and a current population of 39. Of those, 17 were from Vaxon County and 22 from Scott County; the population included 33 men and six women. Long said revenue from housing outside inmates — including $43,505 from Scott County…
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