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Committee updates jail policies on pharmaceuticals, mail and cross‑gender supervision
Summary
The committee approved updates to jail policies: #14.5 (Pharmaceuticals), #6.1 (Mail) adding inmate reclaim procedures from a third‑party vendor, and #1.6 (Cross Gender Supervision) adding equal‑opportunity employment wording.
The Mini‑Cassia Justice Committee voted Feb. 10 to approve three updates to jail policy: pharmaceuticals (policy #14.5), mail procedures (policy #6.1), and cross‑gender supervision (policy #1.6).
Commissioner Schaeffer moved to approve the pharmaceuticals update (#14.5); Sheriff Pinther seconded and the motion carried. Sheriff Pinther later moved to approve the mail policy update (#6.1), which adds language on how inmates will be made aware of the process to reclaim original mail from a third‑party vendor; Commissioner Schaeffer seconded and the motion carried. Undersheriff Horak moved to approve the cross‑gender supervision update (#1.6), which adds wording regarding equal opportunity employment rights; Sheriff Pinther seconded and the motion carried.
The transcript records the approvals but does not include the full text of the policy changes or specify implementation dates.
