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Sheriff says jail operating under strain during construction; 164 people were sleeping on mats on a peak day
Summary
Sheriff Cantrell told the County Services Committee that construction reduced minimum-security beds, the jail had fewer beds than people at times, staffing has improved but openings remain, and deputies responded rapidly to a campus hoax; sheriff also gave construction and COVID updates.
Sheriff Cantrell told the County Services Committee the county jail is operating under pressure while construction is underway and that staffing and bed capacity are improving but still constrained.
"We released 25 today so that number will be less tonight," Cantrell said when describing a recent midday count. "But we've also, with the construction going on ... we've lost 96 of our minimum security beds." He said the construction required moving detainees into the main housing pods.
Cantrell said the jail had 164 people sleeping on mats on the floor on a recent morning; the…
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