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Prince William County superintendent reports staffing gains, program updates and preliminary budget results
Summary
Superintendent West reported reduced long-term vacancies, ongoing recruitment, program updates (Narcan distribution, JMAC program, interns) and preliminary year-end budget figures showing an estimated $1.3 million excess revenue; final numbers will be adjusted after year-end closeouts.
Superintendent West gave a wide-ranging operational report that emphasized recruitment progress, program partnerships and preliminary fiscal-year budget results.
West told the board the jail's operational capacity is 871 and the management capacity is 1,320. He said the average daily population for the previous 12 months was 554 (FY25 average 545) and noted monthly transfers and commits. "When I started, we had 88 vacancies. Now we have 61, so we're down 27 in the last 4 months," West said while describing hiring and outreach initiatives, including job-posting efforts, radio advertising in the Fredericksburg/Stafford/Prince William region and a kiosk at a regional mall.
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