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'Dangerously understaffed'

by Michael DeVault - posted Thursday, April 5th, 2012 @ 12:00 pm

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Ouachita Correctional Center is so understaffed that a prison consulting firm described the jail as "one of the most dangerous facilities" that its consultants had visited.

The Jail Staffing Assessment was conducted by Crout and Sida Criminal Justice Consultants, a national consulting firm that specializes in jail operations. The study was conducted at the request of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury and Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office.

Local officials were on hand in West Monroe Monday for a meeting of the Ouachita Parish Republic Women's Club, where they continued to stump for a 9.2-mill levy to fund operations at OCC.

"The studies show that it is a dangerously understaffed facility at OCC," said Sheriff-elect Jay Russell. "I fear for the deputies and I fear for those that we incarcerate."
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