New Jail To Be Inspected By The End Of The Year

Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves and his staff are working to ensure that the new Coffee County Jail will meet each of the minimum standards required by the state for certification in its upcoming inspection. The sheriff said, “It is common knowledge that a new jail is in transition for the first 12 months. He added, “If a jail is certified within that time it’s considered good.”
In Tennessee, jails are inspected in 14 categories: physical plant, administration, personnel, security, discipline, sanitation/maintenance, food services, mail and visiting, inmate programs and activities, medical services, admission and release records, hygiene, supervision of inmates, and classification. According to the sheriff, no requirement is more difficult to fulfill than the other.
The inspection will be conducted by the Tennessee Corrections Institute before December 1st, but Graves is unaware of the exact date.