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Winnebago County sheriff reports rising bookings, stresses treatment and reintegration programs
Summary
Sheriff John Motts told new supervisors the county jail is operating near capacity amid increased bookings, described staffing expansions and highlighted in-jail recovery and reintegration programs while clarifying the county’s ICE notification practices.
Sheriff John Motts told incoming Winnebago County supervisors that the county’s jail and public-safety systems are under pressure from rising arrests and bookings.
"We have a 355 bed jail. It's 278 today was our count," Motts said, adding that bookings have grown sharply in the last four months and that the county has approved six additional deputies to start in July to help staff the jail and manage higher inmate levels.
Motts outlined programs aimed at…
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