Jail Explosion costs county over $5.4 million in May alone

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The emergency purchase orders resulting from the April 29 jail explosion have cost Escambia County to date: $5,435,054.  Those does not include the cost of replacing vehicles under the Department of Corrections that were damaged by flooding, another $464,727.

 

Radios $87,554
Healthcare $112,000
Housing $5,073,500
Mental Health $50,000
Nurses $112,000
Total $5,435,054

Purchase orders:

Health_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112

Housing_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112

Linens_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112

Mental_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112

Nurses_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112

Radios_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112

SRJail_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112

Vehicles_Emergency Purchase Orders for Fund 112

Note: When Sheriff David Morgan sent in his budget request for the jail last year, he asked for $6.3 million to hire 83 detention deputies & 12 detention assistants. He also wanted to bring up starting detention deputy pay to match Road Prison deputy pay at an additional cost of $658,409.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”