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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRISON BOARD MINUTES January 2022 FRANKLIN COUNTY PRISON BOARD MINUTES Franklin County Administration Building January 11, 2022 Present: John Flannery, Commissioner Bob Ziobrowski, Commissioner David Keller, Commissioner Bill Bechtold, Warden Hon. Shawn Meyers, President Judge Dane Anthony, Sheriff Matt Fogal, District Attorney Harold Wissinger, Controller Doug Wilburne, Probation Chief Carrie Gray, County Administrator John Thierwechter, Assistant County Administrator Ellen Eckert, Pre-Release Supervisor Ben Sites, Deputy Sheriff Lionel Pierre, FCJ Deputy Warden Jeffrey Scott, FCJ Deputy Warden Michelle Weller, FCJ Deputy Warden Mark Singer, Court Administrator Geoffrey Willet, Probation Deputy Chief I. The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Flannery at 8:30 AM. II. Nomination and Election of Prison Board Officers A. Commissioner Keller moved to retain the 2021 officers for 2022, Commissioner Ziobrowski seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved for Commissioner Flannery to continue as President and District Attorney Fogal to continue as Secretary. III. Public Comment A. There was no public comment IV. Minutes for the December 2021 meeting were discussed. A. Sheriff Anthony moved to accept the minutes, Commissioner Keller seconded the motion and the minutes were unanimously approved. V. Warden’s Report A. There were 124 commitments and 166 discharges in December. B. The average daily population was 383.8 with an average of 320 males and 64 females. C. The recidivism rate was 48% when looking at all new commitments that had been incarcerated at FCJ within the past three years. The recidivism rate was 42% when looking only at those commitments with new charges. D. At a snapshot view at the beginning of January there were 129 sentenced and 203 unsentenced inmates. There were 22 inmates on Approved Temporary Absence status; however none of these are due to overcrowding. Forty-seven were pending transfer to other facilities, with 35 of those pending transfer to SCI. E. There was $14,080 collected in total revenue for December and $169, 4757 collected for the year. F. The average length of stay (ALOS) for those discharged in December was 98.9 days. G. There was one inmate housed in Centre. H. A breakdown of the demographic statistics for December indicated that males made up 77% of the population, 69% of the population were white, 50% of the population was between the ages of 26-39, 72% were single, 5% were military veterans and 75% had at least their high school diploma or GED. I. PrimeCare’s medical report was presented. There were 1080 sick calls. There were 13 outside medical appointments and six trips to the ER. There were 811 mental health contacts. There were 41 inmates on suicide watch. There were four inmates that required 1:1 observation. There were no inmates at Torrance State Hospital. There were five participants in the Sex Offender’s Treatment Program. There were 53 in the Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT) program. There were 241 on the MH caseload and an additional 35 with SMI diagnoses. There were 43 commitments placed on detox protocol. There were two pregnant inmates. Fifty-three inmates were given the COVID vaccine. J. Commissioner Keller moved to accept the Warden’s report, Sheriff Anthony seconded the motion and the report was unanimously approved. K. Commissioner Flannery thanked the jail staff for the memorial service that was held for CO Sterling Heinbaugh and he thanked Commissioner Keller for representing the Commissioners by speaking at the service. VI. Intermediate Punishment report A. The Pre-Release department received 58 intakes and had 67 releases. B. There were no inmates placed into employment, due to the Work Release program being suspended. C. There were 977 hours of community service completed. D. The Pre-Trial Release program had 68 offenders. E. The Drug and Alcohol RIP/DCIP program had 62 offenders. There were seven successful discharges. The success rate for 2021 is 83%. F. The Sexual Offender Program had 48. G. There were 26 offenders on the Mental Health caseload. H. The Electronic Monitoring Program had four offenders. I. There were 134 jail days saved by using the alternative sanctions of electronic monitoring (292 j days), DCIP/D&A RIP (1666 days), intensive supervision (90 days) and pre-trial release (2109 days). J. There were 12 offenders detained in December and 14 given alternative sanctions. K. The Community Release program collected $5,252 and the Probation Department collected $184,913 in December. VII. Old Business A. Warden Bechtold provided a pandemic update. There are currently 4 staff and 23 inmates on COVID protocols. Warden Bechtold stated that the numbers had dropped significantly from last month and that the number of new positive inmate cases were primarily from new commitments. The jail plans to restart community service programs on Jan. 17th and to restart the work release program on Jan. 31st. B. Warden Bechtold provided a staffing update. There are currently 13 officer vacancies. Recruitment and retention continues to be an issue and some of the reasons were attributed to surrounding counties offering higher pay and/or incentives, and staff getting burned out with the precautions and additional duties because of COVID. C. Deputy Warden Pierre reported that transfers to the state DOC have been delayed by two weeks. The next trip is scheduled for 1/26/22 and no additional transfer dates have been given by the DOC at this time. VIII. New Business A. None IX. The next meeting is scheduled for February 8, 2022 at 8:30AM at the Franklin County Jail. Controller Wissinger moved to end the meeting, Sheriff Anthony seconded the motion and the meeting was adjourned.