For the first time in nearly a quarter century, the Washington County Prison Board, at the behest of the new warden, voted unanimously to increase jail inmateâs pay to $3 a day from $1.50.
The previous pay raise was instituted in 1996, according to Commission Chairman Diana Irey Vaughan, who is also in charge of the prison board.
Warden Jeffrey Fewell, who left a similar position in Kansas after being hired as the top administrator of the Washington County jail last month, also received permission to install a key system with GPS capabilities to track the devices, which record when doors are locked and unlocked and by whom.