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| County responds to grand jury jail recommendations |
| By pnj.com- Kevin Robinson |
| Published: 02/19/2015 |
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A grand jury found no grounds for criminal charges after a fatal April explosion at Escambia County Jail, but the jury did offer a series of six recommendations for improving jail safety. The county has or will comply with the majority of those recommendations, according to County Administrator Jack Brown and Director of Corrections Michael Tidwell. Arguably, the most significant grand jury recommendation was that the county appoint dedicated safety officers at its correctional facilities. There were no such positions at the jail Central Booking and Detention facility in April when a natural gas leak ignited in the building's flooded basement, killing two inmates and paralyzing a corrections officer. Read More. |
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