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| Cell Windows Tinted After Lewd Behavior |
| By fosters.com |
| Published: 06/22/2009 |
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Strafford County jail cell windows to be tinted following lewd behavior By Robert M. Cook Friday, June 19, 2009 DOVER — Strafford County jail inmates who have displayed lewd behavior from behind their jail cell windows will soon lose that option after county commissioners gave the green light Thursday to tint the jail's windows. County Commission Chairman George Maglaras said he was inclined to have Dave Deming of Motoring Images of Lee tint all of the county jail's 164 windows instead of just the 37 windows that face the Cocheco Valley Humane Society. He said the project would have to go out to bid and he instructed Strafford County Administrator Ray Bower and County Jail officials to come back to the commissioners with a breakdown of the cost and specifications. Bower had estimated on Tuesday that it would cost less than $5,000 to tint the jail windows facing the humane society and the medical side of the jail. "It's sad to think we have to do this," Maglaras said. Strafford County Commissioner Paul Dumont expressed his disgust that county taxpayers would have to foot the bill to undertake such a project because of an incident where a county jail inmate masturbated behind his jail cell window in view of a Milton family who went to adopt a kitten at the Cocheco Valley Humane Society on Sunday. "What a waste of money," Dumont said. At the beginning of the commissioners' meeting, Dumont joked, "I've got a better solution. You ought to give them iron-clad underwear." Capt. James Topham, assistant county jail superintendent, said the Strafford County Sheriff's Department is still investigating the incident to determine which inmate committed the lewd act and could not release the inmate's identity. Once the investigation is completed and forwarded to the Strafford County Attorney's office, Capt. Joseph DiGregorio said Tuesday the inmate in question could face a class B felony charge of indecent exposure. Deming said the ultraviolet sheets would be installed in front of the jail cell windows that would allow inmates to see out of the cells, but would block the public from seeing the inmates. He said the sheets carry a 5-year warranty. Once approved, he said it would take him about a week to install the sheets in front of all the county jail windows. Bower said he also favored going with tinted windows because the jail was designed to allow natural light to come into the facility.Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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