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| Clark County OKs hirings to meet jail staffing needs |
| By columbian.com- Tyler Graf |
| Published: 09/10/2014 |
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The Board of Clark County Commissioners on Tuesday authorized the sheriff's office to hire eight new deputies and one jail commander, a move that corrections officials say will allow the jail to expand the number of inmates it can keep behind bars. The authorization was expected, as it won't require the county to dip into general fund revenue. Commissioner Ed Barnes and David Madore voted for it. Commissioner Tom Mielke, the board chairman, was absent from the meeting. The county's corrections branch, an arm of the sheriff's office, runs the jail and will use roughly $1.51 million it expects to receive from the Washington Department of Corrections over the next two years to pay for the new positions. Under contract, the state pays the county to house offenders who have violated the terms of their supervision and to set aside 27 work-release beds for state offenders. Read More. |
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