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County reports progress and limits on Maze consent-decree compliance; sheriff calls for new jail capacity
Summary
County officials on May 13 reported incremental progress toward compliance with the Maze consent decree but warned that facility capacity limits and changes in law make previously recommended population-reduction targets difficult to achieve.
County staff and justice partners provided an update May 13 on the county’s work to comply with the Maze consent decree and on a jail population‑reduction plan. The presentation outlined staffing, policy and facility investments while acknowledging continued compliance gaps and operational constraints.
Deputy County Executive Eric Jones told the board the consent decree includes about 320 provisions across six remedial areas (ADA access, mental‑health care, medical care, restrictive housing, discipline and suicide prevention) and that the county’s most recent self‑report found substantial compliance with 207 provisions, partial compliance with 106, and noncompliance…
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