J.T. Fey | Watertown Public Opinion
The Codington County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved hiring HDR Engineering of Omaha to perform pre-design work on a potential new jail.
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Steve Jurrens | KXLG
Codington County Sheriff Brad Howell confirms dangerous and violent assaults against the staff of the Detention Center. At the January 23, 2024, Codington County Commissioners meeting, Sheriff Howell presented in the annual report of the Detention Center that inmates are becoming more violent and there are mental health illness concerns.
J.T. Fey | Watertown Public Opinion
There were four assaults against jail staff members in 2023, Howell said, compared to one or none during previous years. Blackwelder said there were 22 times staff members had to rush to a cell to prevent a suicide attempt. In 2022 there were six such attempts, 10 in 2021 and 12 in 2020. None of the inmates were successful in ending their lives.
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