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Carroll County jail superintendent seeks options after mental-health contractor reduces hours; reports training and equipment upgrades
Summary
Jail Superintendent reported a cut in contracted mental-health coverage and outlined options for full-time coverage through the county's medical vendor or hiring in-house. He also described staff training, firearms re-certification and $5,000 in ballistic-vest purchases and said roof repairs were completed.
Superintendent King told the Carroll County Commission Northern Human Services has reduced on-site mental-health coverage at the jail from 24 hours per week to as little as 12 hours per week, and the facility must decide how to replace the lost hours.
King said the county has two options: ask PrimeCare (the jail's medical contractor) for a written proposal to provide full-time mental-health coverage or hire…
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