HCSO earns 100-percent compliance on state jail inspection; releases 2016 statistics
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Highland County Sheriff Donnie Barrera presents the following statistics and information with regard to the Division of Corrections of the Highland County Sheriff’s Office, as provided by Lt. Keith Brown.
In October 2001, the Highland County Sheriff’s Office moved from Governor Foraker Place to the current location at 130 Homestead Avenue in Hillsboro.
The old jail facility was built in 1894 and housed a total of 32 male inmates, with only six corrections officers. The old jail stopped housing female inmates prior to 1988 and then housed females out-of-county.
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The current jail facility houses a total of 72 inmates, with 57 male beds and 15 female beds.
In March 2001, we moved our first inmates into the new facility. We currently have 19 deputy/corrections officers.
In 2016, the average daily population was 73 total inmates: 55 males and 18 females.
The total number of inmates booked in 2016 was 2,196: 1,535 males and 661 females.
The following are statistics of The Division of Corrections of The Highland County Sheriff’s Office for 2016:
• Received a 100-percent compliance state jail inspection for 2016.
• Named within the top 10 cleanest jail facilities in the State of Ohio.
• Total inmate meals served: 81,795.
• Total inmate meal cost: $147,452.77.
• Total jail transport mileage: 50,090 miles.
• Highest jail count: 94 in July.
• Graduations from the Academy of Corrections: Deputies Collins, Stewart and Trefz, with a total of 136 hours of state-mandated training.
Also, during 2016, under the direction of Lt. Keith Brown, The Division of Corrections of The Highland County Sheriff’s Office:
• Implemented fire safety standards in the jail, with monthly fire inspections pursuant to state standards. Corporal Miller and Deputies Bushelman and Campton are the Fire Safety Officers.
• Implemented a new inmate food service contract with Aramark, which lowered the inmate meal costs to save the taxpayers approximately $0.50 per inmate meal.
• Upgraded the inmate telephone system, lowering the cost.
• Upgraded the inmate visitation telephone system for recording for investigative purposes and for the safety and security of the Sheriff’s Office and facility.
• Upgraded the inmate commissary service with Keefe Commissary Services, accommodating release of inmate account balances at the time of their release to released inmates (or other jail facilities), saving time and expenses of mailing check balances for commissary accounts to inmates, who often move and leave no forwarding address.
• Upgraded the camera system, changing the recorded storage time from 90 days to one year.
• In process of creating a new network station in Central Control for better security of inmates and staff.
• Upgraded the Jamin booking system to Web-Jamin. Now, local courts and prosecutors can view booking records, jail time credit and jail incidents.
• Added a kiosk money machine in the front lobby and inmate receiving area. This allows inmates’ money to be placed on the accounts of the inmates more efficiently and more quickly.
• Upgraded inmate uniforms from sweatpants and T-shirts to regular jail uniforms.
• Worked with the Highland County Probation Department, the Honorable Judge McKenna of the Hillsboro Municipal Court, the Honorable Judge Judkins of the Highland County Court for Madison Township, Greenfield and the Honorable Judge Coss, of the Highland County Court of Common Pleas, Hillsboro, to begin the Vivitrol Program through the Division of Corrections of the Highland County Sheriff’s Office.
• Worked with Turning Point Applied Learning Center on an outside work detail for inmates to work six hours per day, five days per week, with their hours counting towards inmates’ community service time, court costs and fines.
• Upgraded the printer and fax machine in Intake to better serve the courts and other agencies throughout the county.
• Currently working on upgrading the fingerprint equipment in Intake and the receiving area.
Lt. Keith Brown wishes to thank the jail staff for the staff’s hard work and dedication as to the jail inspections and throughout the year, while working in the jail division of the Highland County Sheriff’s Office.
In October 2001, the Highland County Sheriff’s Office moved from Governor Foraker Place to the current location at 130 Homestead Avenue in Hillsboro.
The old jail facility was built in 1894 and housed a total of 32 male inmates, with only six corrections officers. The old jail stopped housing female inmates prior to 1988 and then housed females out-of-county.
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The current jail facility houses a total of 72 inmates, with 57 male beds and 15 female beds.
In March 2001, we moved our first inmates into the new facility. We currently have 19 deputy/corrections officers.
In 2016, the average daily population was 73 total inmates: 55 males and 18 females.
The total number of inmates booked in 2016 was 2,196: 1,535 males and 661 females.
The following are statistics of The Division of Corrections of The Highland County Sheriff’s Office for 2016:
• Received a 100-percent compliance state jail inspection for 2016.
• Named within the top 10 cleanest jail facilities in the State of Ohio.
• Total inmate meals served: 81,795.
• Total inmate meal cost: $147,452.77.
• Total jail transport mileage: 50,090 miles.
• Highest jail count: 94 in July.
• Graduations from the Academy of Corrections: Deputies Collins, Stewart and Trefz, with a total of 136 hours of state-mandated training.
Also, during 2016, under the direction of Lt. Keith Brown, The Division of Corrections of The Highland County Sheriff’s Office:
• Implemented fire safety standards in the jail, with monthly fire inspections pursuant to state standards. Corporal Miller and Deputies Bushelman and Campton are the Fire Safety Officers.
• Implemented a new inmate food service contract with Aramark, which lowered the inmate meal costs to save the taxpayers approximately $0.50 per inmate meal.
• Upgraded the inmate telephone system, lowering the cost.
• Upgraded the inmate visitation telephone system for recording for investigative purposes and for the safety and security of the Sheriff’s Office and facility.
• Upgraded the inmate commissary service with Keefe Commissary Services, accommodating release of inmate account balances at the time of their release to released inmates (or other jail facilities), saving time and expenses of mailing check balances for commissary accounts to inmates, who often move and leave no forwarding address.
• Upgraded the camera system, changing the recorded storage time from 90 days to one year.
• In process of creating a new network station in Central Control for better security of inmates and staff.
• Upgraded the Jamin booking system to Web-Jamin. Now, local courts and prosecutors can view booking records, jail time credit and jail incidents.
• Added a kiosk money machine in the front lobby and inmate receiving area. This allows inmates’ money to be placed on the accounts of the inmates more efficiently and more quickly.
• Upgraded inmate uniforms from sweatpants and T-shirts to regular jail uniforms.
• Worked with the Highland County Probation Department, the Honorable Judge McKenna of the Hillsboro Municipal Court, the Honorable Judge Judkins of the Highland County Court for Madison Township, Greenfield and the Honorable Judge Coss, of the Highland County Court of Common Pleas, Hillsboro, to begin the Vivitrol Program through the Division of Corrections of the Highland County Sheriff’s Office.
• Worked with Turning Point Applied Learning Center on an outside work detail for inmates to work six hours per day, five days per week, with their hours counting towards inmates’ community service time, court costs and fines.
• Upgraded the printer and fax machine in Intake to better serve the courts and other agencies throughout the county.
• Currently working on upgrading the fingerprint equipment in Intake and the receiving area.
Lt. Keith Brown wishes to thank the jail staff for the staff’s hard work and dedication as to the jail inspections and throughout the year, while working in the jail division of the Highland County Sheriff’s Office.