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Cass County revises jail intake criteria as capacity pressures continue
Summary
Sheriff’s staff shared a revised intake criteria form and described frequent capacity restrictions; officials said they are redesignating housing and rely on court dispositions to relieve capacity.
Cass County jail officials told the commission on Dec. 11 they recently revised the facility’s intake criteria to clarify which arrestees the jail will accept when the facility is at or near capacity, and they described daily operational steps used when beds are limited.
The intake criteria form, revised Dec. 11 by Captain Andy Froelbeck, lists categories of arrestees who will be accepted regardless of population constraints — for example, felony arrests and certain appear-only misdemeanors. The form also clarifies that officers may…
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