A lawyer representing Jefferson County Judge Gerald Robinson and the Quorum Court said claims for payment to fund the operations and maintenance of the juvenile and adult detention centers were being processed Friday, one day after Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr. filed a request for an injunction seeking immediate funding.
A lawyer representing Jefferson County Judge Gerald Robinson and the Quorum Court said claims for payment to fund the operations and maintenance of the juvenile and adult detention centers were being processed Friday, one day after Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr. filed a request for an injunction seeking immediate funding.
A resolution was finally made between Jefferson County Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr. and Jefferson County Judge Gerald Robinson to quell the food insecurity at the county jail that Woods has repeatedly blamed on the lack of sufficiently appropriated funding for the 2022 budget.
A disagreement between Sheriff Lafayette Woods, Jr. and County Judge Gerald Robinson spilled over into the Quorum Court meeting on Monday with both men showing their impatience with the other.