Thirteen clemency applicants sentenced to life in prison will soon be freed to a Community Corrections Center and eventually paroled because Governor Tom Wolf signed their commutations yesterday.
AUBURN â The DeKalb County Jailâs average population declined sharply in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheriff David Cserep II said this week.
Cserep delivered his annual State of the Jail report to the DeKalb County Council on Monday at the courthouse in Auburn.
âWe are not keeping anybody in jail that shouldnât be in jail right nowâ due to health concerns, Cserep told the council.
Cserep also described structural problems at the 35-year-old jail in downtown Auburn. Following the sheriffâs report, County Commissioners President William Hartman said he is aiming to start construction of a new jail in the spring of 2022.
AUBURN â A voter referendum on building a new DeKalb County Jail could take place as soon as November.
DeKalb County Commissioners President William Hartman revealed that goal in a meeting Monday at the courthouse in Auburn.
âI would like to have this groundbreaking a year from this coming spring,â Hartman said about building a new jail. âI think itâs doable with the team weâre bringing on board.â
Commissioners met later Monday with the Elevatus architect firm, which it selected last week to design a new jail.
Hartman spoke Monday morning after Sheriff David Cserep II gave his annual âState of the Jailâ report, listing numerous deficiencies in the 35-year-old jail, one block east of the courthouse.