Since the last Grand Jury report, metal roll-up gates and chain link fencing have been installed to provide added safety for employees and improve the security in the garage area when transferring inmates. Inmates are transferred from the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility and returned when their court appearance is completed. Inmates are not held overnight in the holding facility, but the facility has the capacity to house inmates on an emergency basis. Staff communication within the holding facility is accomplished by the use of an intercom system. In the holding facility, inmates awaiting court appearance are separated by gender, and adults are separated from juveniles.
Court bailiffs are armed.
Deputy sheriffs and correctional officers provide security in the Courthouse. Silent alarms have been installed within the courtrooms. Hand-held metal detectors are available and used with high profile cases. A walk-through detector is available but seldom used. The Courthouse security committee selected sliding accordion type partitions for protection of the public during transfer of inmates from the holding facility to courtrooms.