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Sheriff reports jail overcrowding, 153 sleeping on mattresses; county discusses staffing and facility work
Summary
Sheriff Cantrell told the committee the county jail’s average daily population is up, the facility has 153 people sleeping on double mattresses after closure of a 96-bed minimum security building for construction, and the sheriff reported being 28 jail staff short.
Sheriff Cantrell told the County Services Committee that Washington County’s jail population and staffing continue to strain resources, with the jail’s average daily population up and 153 people “sleeping on the floor” — by which he clarified detainees are placed on two stacked mattresses rather than directly on concrete — because a 96-bed minimum security building is temporarily out of service while construction proceeds.
“Last night, there were a 153 sleeping on the floor,” Sheriff Cantrell said, and explained many were relocated across existing housing units after the minimum-security building was taken…
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