Likely four or five trips would be needed every day to shuttle inmates to winona for court dates and medical appointments, and more trips means more risk of accident, injury, or escape, the committee noted.
A recent analysis of winona county's criminal justice system highlights delays and inefficiencies that prolong criminal cases, unnecessarily keep people in jail and ultimately cost.
Bureau of justice statistics, the jail population increased by 20 percent between 2000 and 2012 with the pretrial population comprising a rising share, while county corrections costs soared by 74 percent.
Reviewed and conducted preliminary analysis of jail data provided by the sheriff's office;
Prepared an agenda and slides for the community meeting;
Gathered available statistics on county population, arrests, and other available criminal justice