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Prisons and Jails

Sean Barry, 33, Found Hanging at County Jail and Dies at Hospital. He’d Been Waiting for a Drug-Treatment Bed.

September 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Sean Barry and his sister Danielle Brown, and Barry by himself. (Danielle Brown)

Sean E. Barry, a 33-year-old resident of Butternut Avenue in Bunnell’s Mondex, died at AdventHealth Palm Coast on Thursday afternoon, five days after he was found hanging in an apparent suicide attempt at the Flagler County jail. Barry was not at the jail on a criminal charge, but on a Marchman Act motion his sister had filed with the court in early August as she sought to get him the drug treatment help he needed. 

Flagler County Jail Wins National Innovation Award for Initiatives Preparing Inmates’ Re-Integration

August 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Chief Engert. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office’s jail has been awarded the 2023 Innovation Award for medium-sized facilities by the American Jail Association. Sheriff Staly, Court and Detention Services Chief Dan Engert, and other Detention Services members accepted the award at AJA’s 42nd Conference and Jail Expo in Omaha, Nebraska during the awards banquet.

Flagler Jail’s Inmate Medical Savings Program Posts Results

June 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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This fiscal year to date, using Prime Corrections to review and adjudicate offsite inmate medical bills, Prime has processed a total billed amount of $1,413,133.02. Prime retains a portion of the savings: $719,906.02, or 51% of the total costs this fiscal year.

Detention Facility Wins 2023 American Jail Association’s Innovation Award

May 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly and FCSO Detention Staff at AJA Awards Ceremony. (FCSO)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office’s Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility (SPHIDF) has been awarded the 2023 Innovation Award for medium-sized facilities by the American Jail Association.

Gabriella Alo, in Jail Over Beating and Hit-and-Run, Is Tased in Confrontation with Deputies

January 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Gabriella Alo in a 2020 photo from her Facebook page, right, and in her January booking photo at the Flagler County jail.

Gabriella Alo, the 18-year-old woman facing four felony counts stemming from allegedly brutalizing a boy and running over a woman earlier this month, had to be wrestled to the floor and tased into compliance at the Flagler County jail on Sunday after refusing to comply with orders from corrections deputies.

Flagler Jail Eliminates All Hard-Copy Mail to Inmates as Scanning and Tablets Replace Paper

January 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The sort of tablets that have replaced almost all hard-copy communications materials at the Flagler County jail, from Smart Communications, streams movies, music, games and educational materials in addition to communications to and from home. (© FlaglerLive)

All hard-copy mail delivery to the Flagler County jail’s 225-some inmates has been replaced by scans of mail. It is part of a sweeping change in the handling of inmate mail across the state at least 14 other states as prisons and jails cut down on incoming materials. The switch has drawn sharp criticism from prisoner advocates and strong support by those implementing it, as in Flagler. 

Two Inmates at Flagler Jail Who Attempted Suicide Within 24 Hours Each Had a Disturbing Backstory

December 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

flagler jail inmate suicides attempts

On Dec. 8 and 9, in the span of 24 hours, detention deputies–and an inmate in the first case–intervened and halted the attempted suicides of two inmates, a man and a woman, in unrelated incidents. Each had a harrowing back-story, suggesting that the individuals’ attempts may not be their last.

Five Inmates Graduate from Flagler Jail’s Immersive Addiction Recovery Program, for Total of 42

November 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Inmates in the addiction-recovery program live, breathe and eat together at the Flagler County jail, replicating the value of an in-patient recovery program and vastly improving its success rate. (© FlaglerLive)

Inmates in the addiction-recovery program live, breathe and eat together at the Flagler County jail, replicating the value of an in-patient recovery program and vastly improving its success rate, as most of those who are released–with follow-up care–do not return to the jail.

Sheriff’s Office Lands $1.3 Million Grant to Expand Drug-Abuse Treatment at the County Jail

October 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The jail "isn’t a place anyone wants to stay on a regular basis,” the sheriff's Court and Detention Services Chief Dan Engert says. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County jail is the only residential treatment facility in Flagler County for drug-addicted men, and a rare location where they may get medically-assisted treatment. The Department of Justice is noticing, awarding the Flagler Sheriff’s Office a three-year, $1.3 million grant to expand the Successful Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Treatment, or “Smart” program at the jail.

A U.S. Prison’s Scandinavian Make-Over Shows the Way to More Humane Penal System

October 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Prisoners and staff share responsibility for taking care of the fish tank at the ‘Little Scandinavia’ housing unit in a Pennsylvania prison. (Pennsylvania Government Commonwealth Media Services)

At a medium-security prison outside of Philadelphia, a correctional officer-guided team has worked since 2018 to incorporate Scandinavian penal principles into its own institution. Prisoners reported feeling safer and having more positive relationships with staff and other people living in the prisons. They also indicated greater satisfaction with their access to food and the reintegration support available to them.

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