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Turmoil over the Pulaski County Quorum Court's decision to reject a $2.2 million proposal for county jail mental health services provider Turn Key continues to affect Chief Detention Officer Charles Hendricks and mental health coordinator Letoree Jackson's operations as they prepare to work off of little revenue.
FAYETTEVILLE -- Washington County officials are evaluating three proposals to provide medical services in the county jail, with costs ranging from about $2.2 million for two of the proposals to more than $5.6 million for the third.
Washington County officials are evaluating three proposals to provide medical services in the county's Detention Center, with costs ranging from about $2.2 million for two of the proposals to more than $5.6 million for the third.
Oklahoma County Jail remains dangerously overcrowded By: Keaton Ross Oklahoma Watch April 14, 2021 The Oklahoma County Detention Center. (Courtesy photo/Oklahoma Watch) When U.S. Department of Justice investigators inspected the Oklahoma County Detention Center in April 2007, they discovered that severe overcrowding was causing significant harm to detainees. “Throughout the facility, we found detainees sleeping on the floor and three or four detainees locked into two-man cells,” investigators wrote in a 2008 report that found conditions inside the facility did not meet constitu...
Oklahoma Watch When U.S. Department of Justice investigators inspected the Oklahoma County Detention Center in April 2007, they discovered that severe overcrowding was causing significant harm to detainees. “Throughout the facility, we found detainees sleeping on the floor and three or four detainees locked into two-man cells,” investigators wrote in a 2008 report that found conditions inside the facility did not meet constitutional standards. “The detainees spend nearly 24 hours per day in these cramped quarters.” The jail’s population has dropped by about a third over the ...