BROOKVILLE — Jefferson County Jail Warden Dustin Myers responded to a citizen's considerations about meals service on the jail, amongst different points.
He mentioned that he and Deputy Chief Brandon Schott was unable to attend the board's newest assembly attributable to a semi-annual Division of Corrections inspection of the jail.
He mentioned one of many issues mentioned at that assembly centered on considerations about meals service, with one report saying moldy bread was discovered on a number of events over the previous three months. He mentioned he is aware of of an event the place moldy bread was given to an inmate. He mentioned the inmate knowledgeable the officer instantly and the officer modified the meals. He denied the model that this occurred on a number of events. He mentioned each time there’s a criticism on the facility, they obtain messages from individuals on the facility informing them of the issue. He mentioned any issues are corrected as quickly as they discover out and so they hold their diet group within the loop. Schott mentioned the diet group now orders bread twice every week as a substitute of as soon as every week to maintain inventory contemporary. He mentioned they’ve given an order to all command employees, in addition to kitchen employees, to ensure inmates are rotating inventory appropriately. He mentioned officers are retaining a better eye on the sort of factor.
