Falsified records In at least three cases, records show guards falsified logs to show they made checks that never happened. In two other deaths, KARE 11 discovered there’s no record the state ever completed the legally mandated review. A month after Powell died, the DOC sanctioned Hennepin County after the state agency completed its biennial inspection of the jail and found repeated failures to follow state law and properly supervise the inmates in its care. ‘No excuse’ Well-being checks are one of the most important safeguards a jail can take to prevent inmate harm, said Bill Hutton, Executive Director of the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association.