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Glynn County sheriff says court delays, transports and mental-health cases are driving overtime and jail pressures
Summary
Sheriff Veil John told commissioners the sheriff's office exceeded overtime budgets across traffic, detention and deputy divisions because of long hospital stays, prisoner transports and court delays; he cited 63 inmates with stays over 400 days and an average daily population near 480—20.
Glynn County Sheriff Veil John briefed the commission on Nov. 19 about fiscal-year staffing and overtime pressures in the Glynn County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff John said the sheriff's office fiscal-year budget (reported for the July 1'June 30 cycle) was $17,608,783 and that overtime overruns affected multiple units: he cited an overtime overage of about $280,000 in traffic, roughly $687,000 in detention services and about $672,000 in deputies and administration. He said those totals reflect hours tied to prisoner transports, extended hospital stays and court-scheduling delays.
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