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Nearly a year after the El Paso County jail became the site of a record coronavirus outbreak last fall, Sheriff’s officials say they are doing all they can to mitigate
Stock Photo CHARLESTON — Three lawsuits were filed against the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation alleging the plaintiffs suffered injuries due to unsafe conditions with a dishwashing machine. Shawn Counts and Craig Roberts also were named as defendants in the lawsuits. Benny Bryant Gray's estate, Timothy Kerns and Jack Williams II filed the lawsuits against the defendants after they claim the defendants failed to ensure they were provided with protective clothing while working with the dishwasher, according to three lawsuits filed in Kanawha Ci...
COVID-19, Rodents, Unpaid Labor: A Year in the Allegheny County Jail Kitchen In many ways, the kitchen is the heartbeat of the Allegheny County Jail. Forty workers at a time prepare food for more than 1,600 hungry men and women. Standing shoulder to shoulder, they transfer meatballs, applesauce and peas to trays, then load those trays to a big cart and send them up in the elevator. Pantry workers walk the halls, pods, and corridors to deliver that food to their neighbors’ cell door. Hands pass trays and cartons of milk. Bodies bump into each other behind the kitchen line. Workers feed emp...
Read Article PARIS — Oxford County continues to make steady progress as it converts its jail from a 72-hour holding facility to a full-time, full-service jail. The Oxford County Commission on Thursday hired four new correction officers and promoted another officer to sergeant/supervisor. Commissioners also authorized County Administrator Donald Durrah and Sheriff Christopher Wainwright to sign contracts for food, medical and inmate telephone services ahead of the target date July 1 conversion. The Oxford County Jail was downgraded to a 72-hour holding facility through a statewide jail cons...
Read Article PARIS — The pieces are falling into place as Oxford County converts its 72-hour holding facility to a full-service jail. County commissioner Thursday approved bids for food services and medical services, that last two major items required to make the switch. During a statewide jail consolidation in 2008, directed by former Gov. John Baldacci, the jail was turned into a 72-hour holding facility. The county boards its inmates at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset. It cost the county $520,000 in 2020 to board those prisoners. In 2019, that cost was $777,500. The county budget...