Tag: Escambia County Jail
BCC goes with advisory pick on jail
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners selected Whitesell-Green/Caddel for the new county jail. This is the technical advisory committee ranked the highest.
Podcast: Chief Deputy Haines responds to ACLU report
Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” Escambia County Chief Deputy Eric Haines discussed the ACLU recommendation regarding the county jail.
Corrections staff questions Yates design for new jail
In a report emailed to the county commissioners Monday afternoon, the Escambia County Corrections staff pointed out their concerns with the proposed jail design of…
What are the ACLU recommendations to reduce detention costs
A. Expand and Improve Pretrial Supervision Practices Pretrial services can take many forms, but generally encompass the bundle of interventions that will ensure that an…
ACLU recommends 14 ways Escambia County can fix jail overcrowding
Last month, Inweekly wrote about the rising detention costs and overcrowding in the Escambia County Jail (The Black Hole of the County Budget). The American…
County Jail: How to create a Black Hole…ignore experts
Yesterday, I sat down with a local judge to discuss the skyrocketing costs of the Escambia County detention program – up $12.5 million since the…
County Jail: Feeding the Beast
Escambia County’s property tax revenues have risen $17.96 million over the past four years – a 20.2-percent increase. Why don’t you feel any benefit from…
Escambia County Jail: Thunderdome 2017
According to numbers given to Inweekly yesterday, the Escambia County Main Jail had 1,011 prisoners on July 10 in a facility built in the mid-1980s…
Jail: Black Hole of Escambia County Budget (update)
For the past two months, Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill has decried a projected $9-million shortfall in the county’s FY 2018 budget. The problem isn’t…
Two counties discuss future of jail agreement
Representatives of Walton County Sheriff Mike Adkinson are meeting with Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown at 1 p.m. today. Because of the talks, Sheriff Adkinson…
Design-Build of new jail topic for upcoming BCC meeting
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners has scheduled a special meeting to discuss the new jail the county is planning to build. County staff…
County makes offer for jail site
by Duwayne Escobedo… After more than two years of haggling about where to rebuild a jail destroyed by flooding in April 2014, the five-member Escambia…
Escambia BCC discusses Local Option Gas Tax and Escambia Co. Jail on July 14
A special Board of County Commissioners Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, July 14 at 9 a.m. to discuss issues concerning the Local Option Gas…
Sarasota launches innovative approach to mental illness and criminal justice
Last night, the Sarasota City Commission voted to help fund a pilot program, Comprehensive Treatment Court, that aims to divert low-level, non-violent offenders with mental…
Escambia County Commission to discuss new jail on Feb. 25
The Escambia County Board of County Commission will hold a special workshop and meeting Thursday, Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. at the Ernie Lee Magaha…