BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Staffing issues are affecting businesses all around — and now Brown County’s jail facilities are also being impacted.
Earlier this month, the Brown County Safety Committee discussed several issues, including jail staffing shortages.
According to minutes from the July 11 meeting, Brown County Sheriff Todd Delain said the jail was short 30 correctional officers. He added that he is aware several more people will be leaving soon.
Delain told the committee the downtown jail remains closed, which means it’s sending inmates to Oconto County.
Staffing is also affecting the juvenile detention center. At one point, the center had to close so staff could help in other areas of the jail.
The juvenile detention center may have be to closed for an extended period of time. That would mean juveniles would have to be taken to Sheboygan or Racine County.
