An Alabama sheriff evacuated his county jail, citing the necessity to stop “well being and questions of safety.”
PRATTVILLE, Alabama – An Alabama sheriff evacuated his county jail Thursday, citing the necessity to stop unspecified “well being and questions of safety.”
Autauga County Sheriff Mark Harrell stated in a press release posted on Fb that deputies started transporting inmates from the Autauga County Metro Jail to different services within the morning. His workplace's web site at the moment lists 164 folks on its inmate record.
“We’ve got labored out the logistics with numerous companies to accommodate the inmates,” Harrell stated. “We’ve got made preparations to course of folks shortly and home them in a secure setting.”
It was not clear which companies they have been or how lengthy they agreed to accommodate them.
Harrell stated he has a “ethical obligation to the protection, well being and safety of all individuals who stroll by the doorways of the Autauga County Metropolitan Jail, whether or not they be my employees, legislation enforcement officers or inmates.”
He added that the County Fee ought to handle well being and questions of safety earlier than locking up anybody else. He didn’t give additional particulars.
Autauga County Administrator Scott Kramer stated the fee is conscious of issues on the jail but additionally didn’t present particulars, information shops reported.
“We’ve got been working diligently and in good religion with Sheriff Harrell and his employees to handle your vital issues; We’ll proceed to take action and can ask him and his employees to do the identical,” Kramer stated in a press release.
The fee despatched employees to the services this week to handle these issues and specialists performed inspections, he added.
“We’ll persist in making enhancements, however throughout the scope of the legislation and the sources accessible to us, to make sure the well-being of any particular person – inmate, employees, legislation enforcement officer or member of the general public – who enters the jail,” Kramer stated. saying