Sheriff Davis shares update on jail improvements
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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) Sheriff David Davis made a presentation to the Macon-Bibb County Council Tuesday night about the progress since the Grandy Jury inspection last month.
Davis says they are working to improve exposed wiring in a control station, ventilation issues, and mold issues.
“That is one of our main priorities to get on that and make sure that gets taken care of very quickly,” Sheriff Davis said.
Sheriff Davis says their maintenance budget covers some of the improvements. He says they’ll talk to the commission if they need more funds. He says if major components like heating and air conditioning continue having problems, they might have to consider building a new jail facility.
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People can wind up at state-run mental health hospitals when they’re at their most vulnerable.
But state records show the DCF employees trusted to help them are understaffed and overworked.
Some are working an average of 80 hours every week.
10 Investigates found the burden is falling on the backs of patients with mental illness, exhausted workers, and taxpayers.
“My brother’s not safe in these hospitals anymore and he’s not getting the proper treatment,” said Marine veteran Jonathan Harriford.
Credit: JONATHAN HARRIFORD
SEAN HARRIFORD, LEFT, JONATHAN HARRIFORD, RIGHT.
Surveillance video from inside Florida State Hospital, a mental health hospital run by the Florida Department of Children and Families, shows his brother Sean Harriford, nude, being chased down a hallway by another patient.