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Franklin County reviews jail staffing, short-term out-of-county housing and temporary contracted correction officers
Summary
Officials reported steps to ease staffing pressure at the county jail, including temporarily moving 28 inmates to neighboring jails to reduce housing posts, and presented financial and operational analysis of outsourcing inmates or contracting temporary correction officers.
County officials updated commissioners on jail operations and staffing pressures and presented cost and operational analyses for several options, including continued selective housing at neighboring county jails, contracting temporary 1099 correction officers, and the theoretical outsourcing of all inmates.
Warden Franzoni said the jail has temporarily housed 28 inmates in neighboring jails, which allowed the facility to close one housing unit and reduce another to a one-officer post; that change lowered the number of daily posts by six. He said neighboring facilities have maintained inmates' access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and legal services. For security reasons, Franzoni declined to identify the specific partner counties in the public meeting.
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