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| Security issues at Midland Jail force sheriff to cut inmate population |
| By mlive.com- Brad Devereaux |
| Published: 01/20/2016 |
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MIDLAND, MI — The Midland County Jail houses out-of-county inmates to generate millions of dollars, offsetting the cost to run the facility and to repay bonds used to build the jail in 2009. But security concerns at the facility have kinked that flow of money after Midland County Sheriff Scott Stephenson determined there aren't enough corrections officers overseeing the inmates. "As a sheriff, it's my job to run a safe jail. Not to generate revenue," he said. Two fights in a common room filled with dozens of inmates at the jail are some of the latest examples of safety concerns related to the staffing issue, Stephenson said. Read More. |
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