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Commissioners approve electronic inmate-check system for county jail; first-year cost covered by commissary funds
Summary
Court approved a contract with Guardian RFID for an electronic inmate check system to digitize head counts and staff checks; first-year cost $4,294.70 funded from inmate commissary funds and a one-year trial with a 60-day termination window was approved.
Lavaca County Commissioners Court approved a contract May 27 with Guardian RFID to install an electronic inmate check system at the county jail, a move county officials said will increase record accuracy, officer safety and regulatory compliance.
The county’s jail leadership, including the jail administrator, presented the system as a replacement for manual logbooks and head-count records that are vulnerable to…
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