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Pulaski County Detention Center Sgt. Rodney Dick and Nursing Director Casey Coffey updated Fiscal Court Tuesday on jail operations since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly hard on county jails across Kentucky, the Pulaski County Detention Center accomplished something nearly unheard of.
During Tuesday s meeting of Pulaski County Fiscal Court, PCDC Sergeant Rodney Dick presented county officials with a $44,255 check representing excess fees for 2020.
With the pandemic keeping inmates from being transferred, most local jails saw a dramatic drop in inmate population particularly state inmates that produce lodging revenues.
Dick said that Jailer Anthony McCollum and his command staff restructured as a result. We re doing more with less, he said.
Federal judge in Oregon orders state to vaccinate inmates along with correctional workers
As reported in this local press piece, A federal judge ordered Oregon officials late Tuesday to immediate offer state prison inmates COVID-19 vaccines. Here is more about this notable ruling:
U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman granted a temporary restraining order as part of a larger case by a group of prison inmates. They’ve criticized the state’s response to the pandemic inside prisons and argue it’s violated the U.S. Constitution. Beckerman’s ruling applies to more than 12,000 inmates who live in one of the state’s 14 prisons. “Defendants shall offer all [Adults in Custody] housed in [Oregon Department of Corrections] facilities, who have not been offered a COVID-19 vaccine, a COVID-19 vaccine,” she wrote..
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Committee passes criminal justice reform bill over Louisville representative s protests Joe Sonka, Louisville Courier Journal
FRANKFORT A criminal justice reform bill to raise the threshold of felony theft from $500 to $1,000 in Kentucky passed a House committee by a wide margin Wednesday.
While advocates for House 126 argue it will align Kentucky s theft statutes with other states and reduce the prison inmate population, two Republican committee members criticized the legislation and criminal justice reform measures, in general, as misguided efforts that will endanger the public.
Under Kentucky law, theft of property worth more than $500 is a felony, which is a lower threshold than 45 other states and has not been updated to account for inflation since 2009.