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| Warren Smith responds to Al Klemm on the proposed new jail |
| By beaufortobserver.net |
| Published: 04/14/2014 |
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Warren Smith recently furnished us a copy of an email he sent to the Board of Commissioners in reaction to an opinion piece Al Klemm recently publish in the WDN. With his permission, here is his email. The red italics is Warren's and the black is Al's original: The Beaufort County Detention Center is rated to hold 85 inmates. It has 70 male beds, 13 female beds and 2 single cells. The facility is separated into several cellblocks. This allows the jail staff to properly classify the prisoners. Classification reduces the operational capacity of the jail. An example of this is the 13-bed, female cellblock. It is rarely full, and male inmates cannot be mixed with female inmates. Classification reduces the operational capacity of the jail to 75 inmates plus or minus a few. The Sept. 13, 2013, court order from Judge Sermons stated that overpopulation of the jail is not in compliance with the operating permit of the facility, is dangerous to staff and inmates and results in health and safety issues on a regular basis. Due to this, inmates above the operational limit of the facility are housed offsite in other detentions centers. These can almost be anywhere. Read More. |
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