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Jail superintendent reports higher daily population, training plans and program expansions
Summary
Carroll County Jail Superintendent King reported the facility population was in the low 60s, described planned staff firearms training and a new 90-day substance-abuse trust program outreach, and gave a status update on federal ICE-hold legislation.
Superintendent King, who oversees Carroll County’s correctional facility, told commissioners on May 12 that the jail’s daily population has risen into the low 60s and outlined staffing and program plans intended to address operations and reentry services.
“There are people behind bars. I guarantee it,” King said during his monthly report, reflecting the facility’s occupancy. King later described a typical daily population “right at 60, but I'd say we're in the 62, 60s for most of last week,” and estimated boarding revenue at about $780 a day for recent boarders the facility accepted.
King said the jail will run a full-day staff training in June led by an instructor he hired from Florida; the session will include split staffing for classroom work and will be followed by firearms dry-fire exercises and range time. He said the facility plans a full firearms program in mid-June and is certifying more staff to perform armed transports; currently only three staff members are fully certified.
On programs, King described growth in a 90-day substance-abuse “trust” program that county attorneys are referring clients to; he said program staff are visiting partner providers to confirm services available for people released from custody.
King also addressed an ongoing federal policy matter: he said proposed federal language on ICE holds had moved through the House without an amendment county staff sought, and remained in the Senate without that amendment; the current draft could require holding certain detainees for 48 hours regardless of contract and could impose fines if the hold is not honored. King said the matter was still under discussion and that he had not received a site visit date from ICE after prior outreach.
On staffing, King reported one officer returning from military leave that night and another scheduled to leave in September for approximately five months; the jail remains short-staffed by one officer but reported manageable overtime. He also said inmate worker crews were performing outside tasks such as barbed-wire repairs and farm work when weather permitted.
Commissioners did not take formal action on the superintendent’s report; the report was entered into the record during regular business.
