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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRISON BOARD MINUTES December 2025 FRANKLIN COUNTY PRISON BOARD MINUTES Franklin County Administration December 9, 2025 Present: John Flannery, Commissioner/Chairman Dean Horst, Commissioner Bob Ziobrowski, Commissioner Hon. Shawn Meyers, President Judge Harold Wissinger, Controller Ben Sites, Sheriff Heather Franzoni, Warden Doug Wilburne, Probation Chief John Thierwechter, Asst County Administrator David Sunderland, FCJ Deputy Warden Geoffrey Willet, Probation Deputy Chief Ellen Eckert, Pre-Release Supervisor Michelle Weller, FCJ Deputy Warden Jeffrey Scott, FCJ Deputy Warden Rebekah Reigner, Court Administrator I. The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Flannery at 8:30 AM. II. Public Comment A. There was no public comment III. Minutes for the November 2025 meetings were discussed. A. Judge Meyers moved to accept the minutes, Sheriff Sites seconded the motion and the minutes were unanimously approved. IV. Warden’s Report A. There were 145 commitments and 137 discharges in November. B. The average daily population was 254 with 220 males and 35 females C. The recidivism rate for all commitments was 37%. The recidivism rate for only those committed on new charges was 32%. D. A snapshot look at statistics for November showed there were 82 sentenced and 173 unsentenced inmates. There were four inmates being held for other counties and two federal inmates. There were 29 inmates on approved temporary absences to other facilities and 11 awaiting transport to the state institution. E. There was $2,257.62 in revenue from Room & Board fees and $3,648.13 collected from Central Booking fees. F. The average length of stay for those released in November was 52.8 days. The average length of stay for the year was 55.5 days. G. There were 34 inmates held in other county jails, with a total expense of $76,116.04. H. Thirty inmates from other agencies were housed at FCJ in November, for a total of $17,214. I. PrimeCare’s medical report was presented. There were 1011 sick calls. There were eight trips to the ER and one hospital admission for five days. There were 614 mental health contacts. There were no inmates at Torrance State Hospital and no inmates awaiting transfer. There were no inmates on constant observation. There were 58 in the Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT) program. There were 155 on the MH caseload and an additional 36 with SMI diagnoses. There were 26 commitments placed on detox protocol. There were four pregnant inmates. J. October’s expenditures and budget were discussed. K. Sheriff Sites moved to accept Warden’s report, Commissioner Horst seconded the motion and the report was unanimously approved. V. Intermediate Punishment report A. The Pre-Release department received 40 intakes in November and processed 36 discharges B. There were two inmates placed into employment. C. There were 596 hours of community service completed. D. The Drug and Alcohol RIP/DCIP program had 90 offenders. There were nine successful discharges in November. E. The Pre-Trial Supervision program had 61 offenders. F. The Sex Offender Program had 44. G. There were 32 offenders on the Mental Health caseload. H. The Electronic Monitoring Program had eight offenders. I. There were 23 on the Intensive Monitoring Program caseload. J. There were 17 participants in the Good Wolf Treatment Court. K. There were 18 offenders detained and there were 11 that were given alternative sanctions. L. There were 193 daily jail bed days saved by using the alternative sanctions of intensive/electronic supervision (690 days), DCIP/D&A RIP (2970 days) and pre-trial release (1785 days). M. The Community Release program collected $14,906.14 in November and the Probation Department collected $182,628.83 VI. Review and approval of the 2026 Intermediate Punishment Plan A. Deputy Chief Willett outlined the 2026 plan. B. Sheriff Sites moved to accept the plan, Controller Wissinger seconded the motion and the plan was unanimously approved. VII. Jail Expenses A. Controller Wissinger moved that the jail’s current bills be paid, Sheriff Sites seconded the motion and the motion was unanimously approved. VIII. Old Business A. Warden Franzoni provided a staffing update. There are 51 FT officer positions and two PT officers. All lieutenant positions have been filled. B. Warden Franzoni gave a facilities update. The administrative team did a mock inspection walkthrough last week. The security system upgrade is still scheduled to start at the beginning of the year. The federal inspection is scheduled for tomorrow. IX. New Business A. The 2026 meeting schedule was discussed. Sheriff Sites raised the concern that the District Attorney’s schedule makes it hard for him to attend Tuesday morning meetings and suggested moving the meetings to Monday mornings. Judge Meyers suggested also revisiting the addition of the courthouse into the rotation of meeting locations, as previous technical difficulties should now be resolved. Commissioner Flannery said he was not aware of any conflicts to this proposal. Judge Meyers suggested maintaining the current schedule until mid-year and that a small workgroup could review a schedule change. B. Commissioner Flannery moved to approve the meeting schedule for Jan-June 2026, Sheriff Sites seconded the motion and the calendar for Jan-June 2026 was approved. X. The next meeting is scheduled for January 13, 2026 at 8:30AM at the Franklin County Administration Building. Commissioner Horst moved to end the meeting, Controller Wissinger seconded the motion, and the meeting was adjourned.