Wichita County — During the Wichita County Commissioners Court meeting on Oct. 17, 2025, the sheriff reported recent maintenance and preventive repairs at the county jail and answered commissioners’ questions about equipment and population trends.

The sheriff said staff completed 127 work orders and preventive maintenance tasks over the prior two weeks, including replacing some solitary-pane glazing that had been scratched or damaged by inmate contact. The sheriff described replacing a refrigeration compressor on a freezer to protect stored food; the repair, including labor, was described as costing a little over $5,300. The sheriff also said older LED light drivers are failing in multiple locations and the county may undertake a slow, staged replacement as failures occur.

The sheriff reported the jail’s daily population at 543 on the morning of the meeting, the lowest level the office has seen in the recent period cited. The sheriff said Collin County had recently removed its inmates from the facility and that some beds had been filled by martial-service inmates; as of the prior Thursday the sheriff reported 32 outside inmates in the facility. The sheriff also noted ramp-up of a local competency-restoration training program described in the meeting as a «gel school» (a training or program term used by the presenter) that the sheriff said should help reduce some populations sent to state hospitals and is now in a ramp-up phase.

Commissioners asked clarifying questions about what scratches the solitary-pane material and about nighttime lighting in pods. The sheriff said staff aim to keep maintenance current and described improvements from recent painting and repairs to the pods and hallways. The sheriff and commissioners also discussed replacement planning for equipment to avoid food loss and to maintain facility standards.

No formal votes or motions were taken on the maintenance report.