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Delaware County warden cites rising behavioral-health needs, hospital transports and budget pressures at July oversight board meeting
Summary
Warden William R. Williams told the Delaware County Jail Oversight Board at its July meeting that the facility is managing a stable but still sizable population while seeing rising behavioral-health needs that increase costs and staffing demands.
Warden William R. Williams told the Delaware County Jail Oversight Board at its July meeting that the county's correctional facility is managing a stable but still sizable population while seeing rising behavioral-health needs that increase costs and staffing demands.
"This morning's population, we had 1,082 incarcerated persons," Williams said, and he reported 502 commitments and 514 discharges for the month cited. He said the share of people identified with any mental illness rose from about 69.6% to 73.8% and that inductions into medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD/MAT) were higher than recent months, with 22 inductions in the reporting month and 165 people engaged in MAT as…
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