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Monroe County Council members Kate Wiltz and Peter Iversen and Monroe County Commissioner Julie Thomas attempt to sort jail inmates during an exercise at a joint meeting on July 11, 2024.
During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the Monroe complex had eleven positive cases—five staff and six inmates in the same minimum security unit. [8] Over 100 prisoners at the complex rioted on April 8 in response to the outbreak, but were broken up by corrections officers using crowd control tactics and an evacuation of housing units.
The county previously estimated a 400-bed facility would cost around $75 million, Cockerill said. Last year the current jail had an average population of 160 inmates. The current jail's capacity ...
Grievance seeks reduction of time spent inside the jail cells. Currently most inmates get 4 hours outside of the two-person cells.
A portion of the prison is in unincorporated Monroe County, while the other portion of the prison, [2] including the dormitories, is in unincorporated Summers County. [3] [4] [5] The majority of the prison is in Summers County. [6] Four other area towns, Hinton, Lewisburg, Ronceverte, and White Sulphur Springs, are within commuting distance of ...
In a cooperative agreement between the Monroe County Correctional Center and the Monroe County Public Library, Jail Library Services have been offered since 1986. Each month, the Jail Library is visited by about 200 inmates and circulates over 1,000 books. Each inmate has access to library service about once every three weeks. [6]
Study recommends 500-bed jail for Monroe County despite citizen demands to incarcerate fewer people.
The Burruss Correctional Training Center is a medium security level prison located in Forsyth, Georgia in Monroe County. It opened in 1986, and consists of four buildings. The prison provides work and rehabilitation programs for general population inmates. The facility houses adult male felons and juveniles. It is named after Al Burruss.