Allen County’s progress on improving conditions in its jail and working toward building a new facility received strong approval from U.S. District Judge Damon Leichty, but the federal judge wants to see more progress in some areas.
At Friday’s hearing, he told attorneys for the Allen County Sheriff’s Department that although jail staff is at 137, a nine-person increase since July. The current number is about what it was March 31. That date is when Leichty ordered county officials to develop plans to alleviate unconstitutional conditions including overcrowding and safety problems in the Allen County Jail.
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