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Lycoming County prison board: inmate population rises above 300; officials cite mental-health caseload and trainings
Summary
At a Lycoming County Prison Board meeting, officials reported the jail system averaged about 304.8 inmates in the month, with a peak of 316 — the highest in several years — and outlined mental-health caseloads, psychotropic medication rates, and recent staff trainings and meetings on MAT.
At a Lycoming County Prison Board meeting, an agency official reported a sustained rise in the jail population, saying the system averaged 304.83 inmates for the month with a peak of 316, the highest total in three to four years. The official said the increase affected both the prison and the prerelease center and required keeping work crews operational.
The mental-health snapshot taken May 4 showed 335 inmates across the system: 280 males and 55 females.…
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