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Manistee County Jail readies for audit; mental‑health worker scheduled two days a week
Summary
County officials said the Manistee County Jail is preparing for a jail audit and will have a mental‑health worker on site two days per week; the appendix shows the jail lodged 509 individuals in 2025 with an average daily population of about 32.
Sheriff Brian Gutowski told the committee the Manistee County Jail is gearing up for a forthcoming audit and that the facility will have a mental‑health worker coming into the jail two days per week to support inmates.
Appendix materials presented with the report list jail statistics for January–April 2026 and say the jail lodged 509 individuals during 2025 with an average daily population around 32. The sheriff said corrections staff use documented reporting and review procedures when force is applied and that the facility had nine instances of “hands on” force in 2025 (Appendix B; SEG 996–1000).
