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Board approves purchase plan for two jail 'whisper rooms' pending grant funding
Alpena County Board of Commissioners · April 14, 2026
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Summary
Sheriff's office requested two $8,000 whisper rooms to improve confidential inmate communications; MIDC indicated a potential grant to cover half and the remainder would use commissary funds. The board authorized the purchase contingent on the grant.
Sheriff's staff described a plan to add two "whisper rooms" to the county jail — small, phone‑booth‑style enclosures in day rooms to permit confidential attorney‑client conversations, support groups and religious meetings.
"We want to purchase two. We…
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