At the start of the pandemic, Denver safety leaders praised changes that cut the jail population by half and pledged to continue efforts to minimize the number of people incarcerated. But now, the jails are back to pre-pandemic levels.
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Denver safety leaders praised changes thatby half and pledged to continue efforts to minimize the number of people incarcerated at the city’s two jails.
With 263 of 875 deputy positions empty, the sheriff’s department must constantly move inmates between housing units and facilities to consolidate inmates into as few housing units as possible so that fewer deputies are needed, said Major Kelly Bruning, who oversees the Denver Downtown Detention Center.
The department is routinely at or slightly below minimum staffing levels, despite a requirement that all staff members work 24 hours of overtime each month, Happ said. Sometimes a single deputy is assigned to monitor a housing unit with dozens of low-risk inmates. If minimum staffing isn’t met, deputies lock down housing units and keep inmates in their cells for longer periods of time.
They reviewed the jail rosters and worked to release people who were elderly, those who had served most of their sentence and those on nonviolent, low-level crimes, he said. The Denver Police Departmentin low-level, non-violent property and drug crimes. Judges started issuing more personal recognizance bonds, which allow people to bail out of jail without paying money.
On Thursday, the jails’ population was 1,804, which is on par with the daily averages recorded before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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