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Madison County judge urges jail build‑out and jail‑based treatment program; commissioners back concept
Summary
Judge Angela Warner Sims presented JRAC recommendations to add a 132‑bed pod, consolidate inmates for consistent rehabilitative services, launch jail navigators and a mental‑health facilitator, and repurpose local facilities; the board voted to support the concept and pursue funding avenues, including opioid settlement dollars.
Judge Angela Warner Sims, who presides over Madison County Circuit Court Division 1, told the Board of Commissioners that the county’s criminal justice system is “warehousing people” who suffer from substance‑use and untreated mental‑health disorders and urged immediate action tied to the county’s new jail project.
Sims presented recommendations from the Madison County Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council (JRAC), a state‑created advisory body, proposing a multi‑part plan: build out the existing jail footprint to include the additional 132‑bed pod so inmates can be housed in one location; launch a jail treatment program staffed by one or more jail navigators and a mental‑health facilitator; reduce the Madison County Correctional Complex to a 10‑bed facility for short‑term…
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