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Walla Walla County jail faces rising overtime and potential $500k medical contract
Summary
Jail officials warned commissioners of steep overtime driven by minimum staffing needs, transports and vacancies and asked commissioners to budget for potentially much higher inmate medical-contract costs; commissioners discussed hiring trade-offs and bargaining constraints.
Walla Walla County corrections leaders told the Board of Commissioners that persistent staffing gaps and operational requirements are producing high overtime costs and that a forthcoming medical-services contract could materially raise 2026 expenditures.
Command staff said the jail—s population and transports have driven overtime. A July rate increase from the Department of Corrections and higher utilization by partner jurisdictions also raised revenue but did not eliminate a projected overtime burden. Corrections leaders said…
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