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Jail population steady; average daily population 59 for April, county reports
Summary
At the Public Safety Committee meeting officials reported the county jail’s average daily population for April was 59, with 4 on electronic monitoring and 54 total in custody on the day of the report.
County officials reported the Sawyer County jail had an average daily population of 59 in April and a year-to-date average of 56.
At the meeting the jail report listed the average population last year as 60. The breakdown included 28 pre-sentence/probation detainees, 13 sentenced inmates and four people on electronic monitoring. The total population on the day of the report was recorded as 54.
Officials told the committee they are tracking population trends and staffing to cover court proceedings; no new detention-policy changes were presented at the meeting.
