Betrami County Jail
BEMIDJI, MINN. – The Minnesota Department of Corrections is ordering a county jail to hold fewer inmates because there’s not enough staff to keep everyone safe.
The DOC says it began with an attempted suicide last week at the Beltrami County Jail in Bemidji. There was a complaint about delayed medical care, and when the state investigated, it discovered the jail wasn’t meeting minimum staffing levels.
The jail now has to cut down its capacity by Wednesday. The jail has been ordered to reduce its inmate capacity from 132 to 80, a near-40% decrease.
Monday was the deadline to submit a plan about how it will make that change.
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