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GOVERNMENT <br /> <br />MEMO <br /> <br />Board of County <br />Commissioners <br /> <br /> Scott Wagner <br /> Fargo~ North Dakota <br /> <br /> Veto Bennett <br /> Fargo, North Dakota <br /> <br /> John Meyer <br /> Fargo, North Dakota <br /> <br /> Darrell W. Vanyo <br /> <br /> Horace, North Dakota <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />County Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Scott Wagner, Chairman <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />Janua~ 13,2003 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Direct Supervision Jails <br /> <br /> As you know, the new Cass County jail is set up under the new style of <br />inmate management, which is called direct supervision. Our officers and <br />management staff have been trained in the principles of direct supervision and <br />how to effectively use management for control of the inmate population. <br /> <br /> Since our board is relatively new, and many of us do not understand how <br />direct supervision affects jail operations, it was my thought the board may wish <br />to take a field trip to the St. Louis County jail located in Duluth, Minnesota. The <br />purpose of the trip would be to observe and question a successfully operating <br />direct supervision facility in the hopes of understanding how our facility can <br />operate more effectively. <br /> <br /> I would welcome your input regarding the trip and ask you to formulate <br />questions in advance that we could bring with us to the officials in St. Louis <br />County. If this is approved by the board, I would ask Sheriff Rudnick to make <br />arrangements on our behalf at a time that works well for each of us who wishes <br />to make the trip. <br /> <br />SUGGESTED MOTION: <br />Move to ask the sheriff to arrange a trip on behalf of the board of commissioners <br />to St. Louis County, Minnesota, obtaining dates for a possible visit from the Cass <br />County Commissioners who wish to attend; and that Sheriff Rudnick send a <br />memo outlining the details of the trip when the arrangements have been made. <br /> <br />Joyce Schepp <br />Commission Assistant <br /> <br />Box 2806 <br />211 Ninth Street South <br />Fargo, North Dakota 58108 <br /> <br /> 701-241-5609 <br /> Fax 701-241-5728 <br />Rr~Ir~. ~0 lllltygov. CO 111 <br /> <br />Cc Don Rudnick, Sheriff <br /> <br />K:\Wagner\JAIL-TRIP1-21-03.doc <br /> <br /> <br />