ICLU Addresses Overcrowding At Local Jail
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Sheriff Al Rovenstine received a letter from the Indiana Civil Liberties Union regarding the overcrowding of the county jail.
"It appears from a review of the state jail inspector report that the Kosciusko County Jail is overcrowded 100 percent of the time," wrote Kenneth J. Falk, attorney for the Indiana Civil Liberties Union. "I am wondering if there are any plans to build a new jail or to take other steps to keep the population down. ..."
The letter was presented Tuesday night to the Kosciusko County Commissioners.
Kosciusko County personnel director Ron Robinson said, "We knew sooner or later it would grace our doorsteps."
The Kosciusko County Commissioners told Mike Miner, county attorney, to write a response to the letter but Miner was unavailable for comment at press time.
In other business, the commissioners have switched health insurance companies and were faced with a controversial question during Tuesday's monthly meeting.
The new company wanted to know whether the county would allow the use of Viagra for medical purposes. The company gave two options for the use of the drug, which can be used in the treatment of diabetes and some heart conditions.
The first option was to not cover the use of the drug at all and the second option was to cover the use of six pills every 30 days.
Commissioner Brad Jackson thought the commissioners should, "wait and see if a need arises," but after some discussion about the medical uses of Viagra, they approved the use of the drug. [[In-content Ad]]
Sheriff Al Rovenstine received a letter from the Indiana Civil Liberties Union regarding the overcrowding of the county jail.
"It appears from a review of the state jail inspector report that the Kosciusko County Jail is overcrowded 100 percent of the time," wrote Kenneth J. Falk, attorney for the Indiana Civil Liberties Union. "I am wondering if there are any plans to build a new jail or to take other steps to keep the population down. ..."
The letter was presented Tuesday night to the Kosciusko County Commissioners.
Kosciusko County personnel director Ron Robinson said, "We knew sooner or later it would grace our doorsteps."
The Kosciusko County Commissioners told Mike Miner, county attorney, to write a response to the letter but Miner was unavailable for comment at press time.
In other business, the commissioners have switched health insurance companies and were faced with a controversial question during Tuesday's monthly meeting.
The new company wanted to know whether the county would allow the use of Viagra for medical purposes. The company gave two options for the use of the drug, which can be used in the treatment of diabetes and some heart conditions.
The first option was to not cover the use of the drug at all and the second option was to cover the use of six pills every 30 days.
Commissioner Brad Jackson thought the commissioners should, "wait and see if a need arises," but after some discussion about the medical uses of Viagra, they approved the use of the drug. [[In-content Ad]]