Falls County Special Non-Compliant Jail Report

• During a review of complaints, it was determined that Falls County is not responding to complaints received by the Commission in a timely manner. Complaint #1 was emailed to the Sheriff and Jail Administrator on 12/28/2018. Complaint #2 was emailed to the
  Sheriff and Jail Administrator on 2/1/2019. Complaint #3 was emailed to the Sheriff and Jail Administrator on 3/29/2019. Due to the lack of initial or follow-up response, the complaints remained unresolved as of 4/17/2019.

This was the second inspection conducted within three weeks of the first inspection which showed 14 serious violations. Executive Director of the Jail Commission called out the Sheriff on the county’s intentional overcrowding practice. The county has a contract with US Corrections to house in-transit inmates. They are not supposed to be housed beyond 48 hours but they often are. The Sheriff’s argument was that they are a poor county and this is the only way they can make money. He also had the audacity to tell the commissioners that the last inspection a few years ago resulted only in 4 violations because it was the inspector’s last day on the job. If more violations had been found, they would have learnt from them and corrected their mistakes. Sheriff did not agree that the increase in violations could have been a direct result of intentional overcrowding and lack of regard for minimum standards and rules.

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