GOSHEN – The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is in the midst of improving the efficiency of its inmate suicide watch.
Sheriff Carl DuBois said the state has granted permission for the modifications at the jail in Goshen.
“It did cost quite a bid to have what we call a one-on-one watch, but now what we received permission from the state Commission on Corrections that we can have two one-on three,” the sheriff said. “So now, if there are three inmates, three males – we have a male side and a female side – but if there are three males, you have one corrections officer watch three males and one corrections officer watch three females.”
DuBois said the jail cell conversions will reduce overtime and other personnel costs.
