Tag MARION COUNTY JAIL
Marion County Jail adding beds, staff to the tune of $2 million annually
County officials say the expansion intended to help lighten overcrowding at the jail, which is regularly operating at capacity and currently only able to lodge people facing the most serious of charges.
Marion and Linn counties investigating suicides at each other’s jails
Thomas Denn (Courtesy of the family of Thomas Denn) Officials from Linn and Marion counties are investigating suicides at each other’s jails, raising questions about whether the investigations can be done objectively. In early April, within four days and 25 miles of each other, inmates…
Police: Salem man dead from apparent suicide at Marion County Jail
A Marion County Jail inmate died Sunday after an apparent suicide, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. Thomas Denn, 31, was found “unresponsive” inside his jail cell 1 a.m. Saturday morning after what the sheriff’s office called an attempted suicide. Spokesman Lt. Chris Baldridge…