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Wright County approves opioid-settlement funding to buy cell monitors for jail
Summary
The county board unanimously approved using opioid settlement funds to buy a 10-device monitoring system for high-risk jail cells that tracks respiration, heart rate and movement to alert staff during observation gaps.
Wright County commissioners voted unanimously Nov. 18 to spend opioid settlement funds on a monitoring system for the county jail intended to detect physiologic distress in inmates and alert corrections staff.
Captain O'Malley asked the board to authorize purchase of a 10-device system that "will monitor the person's respirations, it'll monitor their heart rate, it'll monitor amount of movement" and sound an alarm when thresholds are breached. He…
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