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Jail Overtime Crisis and New Social Programs
County jails are drowning in overtime costs because staffing budgets ignore inevitable absences — a consultant’s four-year plan proposes hiring more staff, creating flexible teams, using non-licensed workers, and adding civilian support to slash expenses. Commissioners back the plan and even consider facility upgrades, while the Sheriff highlights her efforts to reassign licensed staff and the impact of new state paid leave. Meanwhile, Minneapolis’ Lake Street social worker program gets renewed funding to keep high-risk residents out of jail, and a major department merger in January 2027…
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