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Elk County Prison Board hears population and revenue report; records routine approvals
Summary
At its Jan. 22 meeting Warden Scott Atwell reported 51 inmates in custody and reviewed 2025 revenue and reimbursements, staffing changes and booking statistics. The board recorded unanimous approvals of minutes, the agenda and monthly bills; the Jefferson County housing contract was noted but no Prison Board vote is recorded.
The Elk County Prison Board met Jan. 22, 2026, at the Courthouse Annex in the Thomas G. Wagner Conference Room. Warden Scott Atwell reported the jail had 51 incarcerated individuals as of 8 a.m. and an average daily population of 64 for December 2025.
Atwell summarized 2025 revenue and reimbursements, saying the prison deposited $6,828.55 in medical co‑pays, $4,400 for social‑security searches, $326.86 for records research and $28,500 for housing out‑of‑county inmates into the General Fund. Booking fees for 2025 totaled $7,039.43. Incentive‑account receipts included $550 for inmate phone cards, $22,378.48 in phone commissions and $12,391.77 in commissary commissions. Work release fees collected were $25,778.41. The prison received $334.02 from the Opioid Settlement for the fourth quarter of 2025 (total opioid settlement reimbursements in 2025: $14,899.66) and $14,054.16 reimbursed from the Cameron Elk Counties Behavioral and Development Programs for psychotropic medications and mental‑health assessments for 2024 and 2025.
Atwell reported personnel changes: Roderick Smith was hired to fill a vacant part‑time corrections officer position effective Dec. 15, 2025. On population trends he said the female population has averaged about 14 per month; 11 females were in custody at the time of the report. He also reported 16 bookings so far this year and 21 releases; the total number of bookings for 2025 was 318, up from 283 in 2024. Atwell noted the facility currently had two males housed out (the county is paying for one) and was housing one inmate for another county.
Under business actions, the board recorded routine procedural motions: District Attorney Beau Grove moved to approve the Dec. 4, 2025 minutes and Sheriff Todd Caltagarone seconded; the motion carried unanimously. Commissioner M. Fritz Lecker moved to approve the meeting agenda, with Beau Grove seconding; that motion also carried unanimously. Commissioner Greg Gebauer moved to approve the bills (line items were reviewed by account); Treasurer Matthew Frey seconded and the motion carried unanimously. With no further business, Beau Grove moved to adjourn and Gebauer seconded; the motion passed unanimously.
The minutes note that the Jefferson County housing contract had been approved by the County Commissioners at their Dec. 4 meeting contingent on Prison Board approval; the Prison Board minutes do not record an explicit vote by the Prison Board on that contract. Warden Atwell also reported a recent Cub Scout Pack #93 tour of the facility and said it went well.
The board set its next meeting for May 7, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. at the Courthouse Annex, with the annual prison tour to follow after the Commissioners meeting at 10:00 a.m.
