Local jails, jail farms, and regional jails are the responsibility of sheriffs and jail administrators to operate.
Local governments are responsible for the construction and maintenance of jails.
In other words, local jails on a statewide basis were operating at 168 percent of their rated capacity. DOC audits jails for compliance with these standards in addition to providing periodic monitoring and technical assistance. Several factors cited in SJR 91, including severe overcrowding, limited program space and work opportunities, and increased challenges to inmate management in local jails provided the major impetus for the present study. One goal of jail oversight and regulation is to ensure that inmates receive adequate care and treatment. In addition, adequate oversight is also necessary to help ensure that otherwise minor problems or conditions in local jails do not, due to overcrowding, develop into more serious incidents.