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Carson City sheriff details jail conditions, medical gaps and rehabilitation efforts in biennial report
Summary
The Carson City Sheriff's Office presented its biennial Detention Center report to the Board of Supervisors, detailing facility maintenance, medical staffing and coverage shortfalls, one inmate death recorded in the review period, capital-improvement priorities and expanded family-services programming aimed at reducing recidivism.
The Carson City Sheriff's Office presented its biennial report on the Detention Center to the Board of Supervisors, detailing maintenance requests, medical staffing and coverage gaps, one inmate death, capital-improvement work and rehabilitative programming.
Lieutenant Matt Smith told the board that between January and November of the reporting year the jail logged roughly 288 building-maintenance service requests and that roughly six service requests remained outstanding. The facility's average monthly population is about 158 inmates, with an average length of stay of about 108 days; roughly 77% of that population is male and 23% female.
On medical staffing, the detention medical team currently includes a full-time advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and a part-time registered nurse who covers about three days per week. The APRN works roughly 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Lieutenant Smith said detention medical staff handle an…
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